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5. Getting Started

Treelang is a sample language, useful only to help people understand how to implement a new language front end to GCC. It is not a useful language in itself other than as an example or basis for building a new language. Therefore only language developers are likely to have an interest in it.

This manual assumes familiarity with GCC, which you can obtain by using it and by reading the manual `Using and Porting GNU CC'.

To install treelang, follow the gcc installation instructions, taking care to ensure you specify treelang in the configure step.

If you're generally curious about the future of treelang, see section 17. Projects. If you're curious about its past, see section Contributors to GNU Treelang, and see section 3. Funding GNU Treelang.

To see a few of the questions maintainers of treelang have, and that you might be able to answer, see section 14. Open Questions.


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