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/NOTES ON PASCAL-S COMPILER FOR PDP-8/E
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/ASSEMBLING INSTRUCTIONS:
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/	.R PAL8
/	*DEV:PASCAL<DEV:PASCAL/K
/
/	.R ABSLDR
/	*DEV:PASCAL/9$
/
/	.SA SYS PASCAL;06000
/
/
/
/	COMPILER/INTERPRETER LIMITS:
/	----------------------------
/
/	512 IDENTIFIERS
/	63 ARRAYS
/	63 BLOCKS
/	1980 STATEMENTS OF INTERMDIATE CODE
/	16 LEVELS
/	8 CHARACTER VALID IN IDENTIFIERS
/	80 CHAR'S/LINE MAXIMUM FOR COMPILER INPUT (NOT PROTECTED!)
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/
/
/	DIFFERENCES TO "WIRTH'S" PASCAL-S:
/	----------------------------------
/
/	MAXINT = 2^35 - 1 = 34359738367
/	REALS BETWEEN 2.78E-309 AND 8.98E+307, PRECISION ABOUT 5.0E-11
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/	MAX. ARRAY-BOUNDS
/	MAX. CASE-ITEMS : -2048 < N < 2048
/
/	EOF AND EOLN   W I T H O U T   (INPUT)
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/	ADDITIONAL PREDEFINED PROCEDURE   HALT
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/	N O    LINE-SPACING CONTROL CHARACTERS PROVIDED!
/	       (SPECIAL PREDEFINED PROCEDURE   ASCII(N) IN PREPARATION)
/
/	OUTPUT LINE LENGTH NOT LIMITED (USERS RESPONSIBILITY!)
/



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