On 2007-09-16, Robert AH Prins <prino@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Suggested new text (
Free Pascal (2007-09-13 at version 2.2.0) is a 32/64 Object Pascal
Compiler
for x86,Sparc,PowerPC, Arm and their respective 64-bit incarnations. There
are several language modes available like TP-Compatible, Delphi compatible
(some of the post D7 constructs not sup****ted) and a Mac-Pascal mode
(modeled after Metrowerks). Among the sup****ted operating systems are
32-bit
extended Dos, Linux, Win32/ce/64, OS/2, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Novell Netware
and MorphOS.
The biggest feature of 2.2.0 is that the linker is now internal for
windows
platforms, resulting in a faster buildtime, easier crosscompiling to all
sup****ted windows types, as well as win64 sup****t.
rest of text remains unmodified:
> It comes with a cross-platform Run-Time Library, many interfaces to
> existing libraries, and a large set of non-visual cl***** in the
> Free Component Library. Last but not least, a text-mode IDE exists
> on various platforms, and FPC comes with 1800 pages of
> do***entation.
>
> The compiler is licensed under the GNU General Public License. The
> Run-Time code is licensed under a modified version of the Library
> General Public License, which allows to use it in a commercial
> application.
>
> Comes with full Pascal source and compiles itself.
>
> http://www.freepascal.org/
Then:
A visual RAD/IDE is available via the Lazarus project
http://lazarus.freepascal.org
.
end fpc)
(GNU Pascal
GPC recently had a new release, but since your text is very general
nothing
changes. The update is mostly to gcc 4.1 afaik.
end gpc)
> - Virtual Pascal
>
> Virtual Pascal, now at Release V2.1 is free. It fully sup****ts DOS
> and Delphi plus Turbo Vision has been ****ted to 32 bits. There is
> incomplete sup****t for (x86 architecture only) Linux.
>
> http://www.vpascal.com/
The vpascal site is now dead for far over an year. To be able to point
people interested in VP, Alan created a community at a community site,
see http://vpascal.ning.com
However it is pretty silent there.
> On 24 August 2003 Allan Mertner announced that he is looking into
> Open Sourcing the compiler. More info and discussion about this
> can be found on the Virtual Pascal mailing list, which is archived
> on Topica, http://www.topica.com/lists/virtualpascal/read
That link seems to point to the users last read pointer. If you haven't
accessed topica before, it won't yield anything.
> A direct link to the post that kicked off the discussion is
> http://www.topica.com/lists/virtualpascal/read?sort=d&start=2665
>
> On 3 April 2005, Allan Mertner announced the death of Virtual
> Pascal. He will continue to run vpascal.com for "a few more years",
> but development will cease - the main reason for doing so is the
> fact that the compiler is written in assembler and it cannot
> realistically be changed to add new features. Due to copyright
> restrictions, the source will not be made available.
The "open sourcing" section above is then superceded and can be removed I
guess.
> See Also Section 4 on Borland's release of TP compilers.
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