Misc

print $x: = "a string"

which is functionally equivalent to

$x: = "a string"
print $x

Therefore, programs are simply a stream of instructions, there are
almost no rules, and you can write programs in almost any style you
would like. To give you a hint of eX's capabilities (which are not
requirements), eX may be thought of as object-oriented within the
intrinsic data classes `numeric' and `string' (although the terminology
is not correct), and many of eX's functions handle either data type.

All of its operators have string by string and string by numeric
capabilities comparable to their numeric by numeric operations. Some
language components can return string or numeric values, and some can
return both simultaneously - so a single occurance of an operator can
perform both numeric by numeric and string by string operations. BUT,
opportunites for writing simultaneous string and numeric data processing
code are few and the technique is not required; therefore, most eX
programs look pretty normal.

The T3X distribution contains:
- a full bytecode compiler and optimizer.
- an 8086 backend and runtime libraries.
- a bytecode interpreter with integrated text screen and vector
graphic routines.
- a preprocessor and includable extensions like I/O-streams and memory
management.
- an assembler and linker for an 8086 subset.
- full documentation.
- simple example programs.