Approved for inclusion in a future ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.
The value of this variable identifies the initial input/output device. The difference between $PRINCIPAL and $PIOREFERENCE is that the value of $PIOREFERENCE always contains a specification of the environment in which the device exists (if the value of $PRINCIPAL is non-empty).
USE $PRINCIPAL WRITE !,$PRINCIPAL,!,$PIOREFERENCE
_LTA1024::
|MYNODE|_LTA1024::
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