To start experimenting, you may use the SpecC compiler 'scc'
and run it on some very simple examples, e.g. as follows:

        source /opt/sce-20041007/bin/setup.csh
        mkdir simple_tests
        cd simple_tests
        cp /opt/sce-20041007/examples/simple/* .
        ls
        man scc
        scc HelloWorld -vv
	./HelloWorld
        ls
        ...