README.TXT for Simtel.Net version.

T3X -- a compiler for the minimum procedural language T3X
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Nils M Holm. All rights reserved.

This archive contains the final maintenance version of the
T3X Release 5 branch.

The T3X compiler is free for private and commercial use.
It is distributed under a BSD-style open source license.
For details, see the file LICENSE which is contained in
each T3X distribution archive.

PURPOSE
T3X is a compiler for the minimum procedural language T3X, a small,
portable, procedural, block-structured, recursive, typeless
programming language. The language is similar to Pascal and BCPL,
but simpler. It is aimed at experimentation and research/education
rather than software production.
The T3X compiler is completely bootstrappable without requiring any
third-party software. The DOS package T3X5CBIN.ZIP contains pre-
compiled compiler executables and documentation in ASCII format.
Compiler sources, documentation in HTML format, and examples can
be found in the source code archive T3X5CSRC.ZIP.

INSTALLATION
To install the compiler binaries, unpack the archive T3X5CBIN.ZIP
in a directory of your choice (preferrably C:\V\T3XR5), make the
variable TX at the beginning of the file TX.BAT point at the chosen
directory (set TX=C:\V\T3XR5), and finally add the installation
directory to your PATH (set PATH=<your path>;C:\V\T3XR5).
To install the source code, unpack the archive T3X5CSRC in a
directory of your choice and run the batch programs FIXLINKS.BAT
and DOSCONV.BAT. To compile the compiler, follow the instructions
in the file INSTALL.DOC .

GETTING STARTED
To get a summary of the compiler usage, run TX -h.
In either the binary or the source code archive, you can find
- a user manual in HTML (ASCII) format in the DOC (DOCS) directory.
- some simple example programs in the EXAMPLES directory.
Some more advanced examples can be found in the COMPILER directory
of the source code archive.

AUTHOR
Nils M Holm <nmh@t3x.org> http://www.t3x.org/
