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TMG
This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.

Execution method:	Compiled (machine code)
See Also:	TMG on the HOPL BNF Grammar for TMG TMG compared to other languages

Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using TMG.

TMG (from transmogrifier) is an early compiler-compiler introduced by Robert McClure in the mid-1960s. Later it was ported and further developed by Doug McIlroy of Bell Labs to work on microcomputers PDP-7 and PDP-11 under the UNIX operating system. McIlroy's dialect of TMG (the Unix TMG) was included into the UNIX operating system from Version 2 to Version 6. It was the first high-level programming language running on UNIX.

TMG was used to implement:

• EPL (Early PL/I) on Multics operating system
• B programming language by Ken Thompson

TMG influenced:

• B (via Unix TMG)
• TROL (Translation-Oriented Language) of Donald Knuth
• YACC

Running

There are two ways to run Unix TMG on modern computers:

• by using a PDP-11 emulator with the original Unix V6 image
• by running a modern port of Unix TMG

References

• McIlroy, M. D. A Manual for the Tmg Compiler-writing Language (1972) [HTML version]
• TMG – Compiler writing language. HOPL: Online Historical Encyclopaedia of Programming Languages. (Archive date September 21, 2007.)