Hello,
The Free Pascal Team is pleased to announce that FPC version 1.9.6
(or 2.0.0-RC1) is available and ready for download.
Free Pascal is a 32 and 64 bit (from 1.9.6 on) pascal compiler. The
language syntax is semantically compatible with TP 7.0 as well as most
versions of Delphi (cl*****, rtti, exceptions, ansistrings, widestrings,
interfaces). Furthermore Free Pascal sup****ts function overloading,
operator overloading, global properties and other such features. Basic
Mac Pascal dialect sup****t is present as well.
This is a pre-release of version 2.0. As such, it is considered a beta of
the upcoming 2.0 release, which is expected to be released in one or two
months from here.
While this is officially a beta, we believe that this version is release
quality. We would very much like you download and install this version,
and give any feedback regarding bugs and other issues.
If no major bugs are found, version 2.0 will be released in a short
timeframe.
Highlights in this version:
Compiler:
+ New platforms:
- Linux: x86_64, amd64, sparc, PowerPC architectures.
- Mac OS and Mac OS X (Darwin).
- Netware Libc.
- MorphOS.
+ Code generation improvements:
Register variable sup****t (-Or) for all targets, better inlining
sup****t.
+ MacPas compiler mode (-Mmacpas).
RTL/FCL/FV:
+ New heap manager that releases memory back to the OS.
+ TThread.Synchronize sup****t.
+ Further additions for improved Delphi compatibility.
+ Many other additions (RTTIUtils, new Datasets, FPCUnit test
framework).
* Free Vision Updated to fvision implementation, first official
release.
IDE:
* Lots of improvements and stability fixes.
* Sup****t latest gdb 6.2.x and 6.3.x releases.
Docs:
+ Lots of updates.
+ Easier to navigate html do***entation.
* fpDoc is used to generate all unit do***entation.
And of course many many bugfixes.
A complete list of changes can be found in the whatsnew.txt file in the
distribution.
Downloads are available from the website for the following platforms:
- Darwin (Mac OS X)
- Dos (Go32V2)
- FreeBSD
- Linux (I386/Sparc/PPC/x86_64 (amd64))
- Mac OS
- Netware (clib and libc)
- OS/2 (native)
- Win32
To download, go to
http://www.freepascal.org/sdown.html
and select a mirror near you. Look in the section 'official beta
releases' and select the platform of your choice; then follow the
download instructions.
If you choose the SourceForge mirror, the download instructions are
different. Also note that sourceforge mirrors are not immediatly
up-to-date.
Enjoy it, and a Happy New Year from
The Free Pascal team.
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