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Free Pascal Compiler
Version 1.9.4 aka 2.0.0-Beta3
Version 1.9.6 aka 2.0.0-Rc1
****************************************************************************
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and the runtime library are almost compatible with TP 7.0 and recent Delphi
releases.
Free Pascal 1.9.4 is currently available for the following platforms:
Free Pascal 1.9.6 is currently available for the following platforms:
- Linux-i386
- Linux-powerpc
- Linux-sparc
- Linux-x86_64 (amd64)
- Linux-arm
- Dos (i386), using the Go32v2 dos extender
- Win32 (Win32s, Win95/98/Me/XP/2000 and WinNT)
- Win32 (Win95/98/Me/XP/2000 and WinNT)
- FreeBSD i386
- Mac OS X/Darwin for PowerPC
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****************************************************************************
- high speed compiler
- fully 32-bit code
- fully 32 or 64-bit code
- language features:
- almost fully compatible with Borland Pascal and Borland Delphi
- ansi strings
- wide strings
- exception support
- RTTI support
- procedure overloading
- operator overloading
- COM, CORBA and raw interfaces support
- dyn. array support
- dynamic array support
- variant support
- code optimizer:
- peephole optimizer (80x86-only)
- loading of variables into registers (currently non-functional)
- loading of variables into registers
- assembler level dataflow analyzer (80x86-only)
- stack frame eliminations
- sophisticated register allocator
- integrated BASM (built-in assembler) parser
- supports ATT syntax used by GNU C
- supports Intel syntax used by Turbo Pascal
- supports Intel syntax used by Turbo Pascal (80x86-only)
- can compile code into assembler source code for these assemblers:
- GNU Assembler (GAS)
- Netwide assembler (Nasm)
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* Minimum requirements
****************************************************************************
386 or PowerPC processor
i386, x86_64, PowerPC or Sparc processor
Win32:
- Win95/98/Me/2000/XP or WinNT
- 8 MB RAM (16+ MB recommended)
- 16 MB RAM
Linux:
- system running a 2.0.x kernel
FreeBSD:
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- Mac OS X 10.1 and higher (10.0 may also work, but is untested)
****************************************************************************
* Quick start
* Quick start - Win32
****************************************************************************
Win32:
Download w32190.zip and unzip it
Download fpc-1.9.6.i386-win32.zip and unzip it
into a temporary directory.
Start the install program INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.
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hello
****************************************************************************
* Quick start - Linux/FreeBSD
****************************************************************************
Download fpc-1.9.6.<cpu>-<os>.tar and untar into a temporary directory.
Start the install script with ./install.sh and follow the instructions.
To test the compiler, change to the demo directory of the compiler
and type
fpc hello
hello
****************************************************************************
* Documentation
****************************************************************************