Preface

This document presents the specifications for the CLAXP compiler on Windows NT for Alpha AXP. This compiler is also referred to as the MSCGEM or GEM compiler, identifying the frontend as a port of the Microsoft C frontend, and the backend as a port of the GEM backend used in Digital's production compilers on other Alpha AXP platforms. The CLAXP compiler is highly compatible with the Microsoft C and C++ compilers on Windows NT for x86 and Windows NT for MIPS platforms. Accordingly, this document describes the CLAXP compiler primarily in terms of its differ- ences from the x86 compiler in particular. (See the "Tools", "C Language Reference", and "C++ Language Reference" books in the Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit for Windows NT.)