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Jun 14, 2018 · Turbo Pascal for Windows was released in 1991, the same year as Visual Basic, but it wasn’t all that good, and developers had to wait for version 1.5 in 1993 for a usable platform.
The original Pascal had to be extended in order to "scale" for greater projects (i.e. no notion of modules/units, etc.). Implementations extended Pascal to acommodate the needs of application development. As mentioned: by Philip this lead to fragmentation.
Nov 15, 2023 · Free Pascal is a remarkable open-source Pascal compiler and IDE that caters to both beginners and experienced developers. Its cross-platform compatibility, robust standard library, and active community make it an excellent choice for a wide range of projects.
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Sep 4, 2021 · Can you still use Pascal on modern-day systems? The answer is of course you can!
Free Pascal is a free, open source compiler for the Pascal programming language. It is a 32/64-bit Pascal compiler for various operating systems, such as Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Free Pascal supports multiple dialects of the language, including Object Pascal and Delphi.
16-bit installer will not install on 64-bit Windows. So, not only is it antique, but it will not even run on a modern configuration without emulation.
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The Free Pascal compiler is available for several architectures: x86 (16, 32 and 64 bit), ARM, PowerPC (32 and 64 bit), SPARC (v8, v9), Java Virtual Machine (under development) and MIPS (little and big endian, under development).