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Free Pascal 2.2 Has Been Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-say-die dept.

Daniel Mantione writes "Free Pascal 2.2 has been released. Several new platforms are supported, like the Mac OS X on Intel platform, the Game Boy Advance, Windows CE and 64-Windows. Free Pascal is now the first and only free software compiler that targets 64-bit Windows. These advancements were made possible by Free Pascal's internal assembler and linker allowing support for platforms not supported by the GNU binutils. The advancement in internal assembling and linking also allow faster compilation times and smaller executables, increasing the programmer comfort. Other new features are stabs debug support, many new code optimizations, resourcestring smart-linking and more."

4 of 284 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I still like Pascal by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    I still need a blue screen to write code quickly. You're in luck. Free Pascal works on Windows.
  2. Re:Mixed Reaction.... by arth1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Half of me is saying "cool!"

    The other half is looking very confused and asking "why?"

    I'm also feeling rather blaise about it...
  3. Re:Mixed Reaction.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who are you calling alliterate?

    You probly can't even read good either.

  4. Re:Mixed Reaction.... by Nazlfrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Assuming alliterations are always apparent admits absence of afterthought. Learn that linguistics leverage lost lines, lest ye languish. Parent poster presumably postulated the Pascal premise presuppositionally. Defined, 'I wonder how much orphaned legacy Delphi code there is out there looking for a support route.' distinctly diverges to 'Does destitute Delphi data desire duplicate development designs?'