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Preface
The ProvideX Language Reference describes all features of the ProvideX programming
language: directives, functions, system variables, mnemonics, parameters, specialty files,
reserved words and system limitations. Although this volume is intended primarily for
programmers and analysts, and describes the language in precise detail, it does not try to
explain how to design and implement applications that can be written in ProvideX.
For a comprehensive look at the ProvideX environment, it's uses, and the details required
to develop applications, refer to the ProvideX User's Guide. Other ProvideX products (i.e.,
NOMADS, WindX, JavX, the ODBC Driver, the WebServer, and the Application Server)
are fully documented in separate publications. Rather than reproduce existing material,
references to these publications are supplied where applicable.
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