Congratulations, and many thanks. Will it compile itself ?
Bob Martin Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following on 16/05/05 10:17:46: > > Hello, > > The FPC team is pleased to announce the availability of version 2.0.0 of the > Free Pascal Compiler. This is the new stable version of the compiler. > Versions numbered 1.0.X and 1.9.Y are now considered obsolete and will no > longer be maintained. > > What is Free Pascal ? > ===================== > > Free Pascal is a compiler for 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architectures such > as Intel 32/64 bit, AMD 32/64 bit, SPARC, PowerPC and Intel ARM. > It is language compatible to Turbo Pascal, Delphi (till version 7), and > partly Metrowerks Pascal. It supports many operating systems: Dos, Linux, > Windows, > OS/2, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, Novell Netware, Mac OS classic, > Mac OS X and MorphOS. > > It comes with a cross-platform Run-Time Library, many interfaces to existing > libraries, and a large set of non-visual classes in the Free Component > Library. > Last but not least, a text-mode IDE exists on various platforms, and FPC > comes > with 1800 pages of documentation. > > 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. > > What is new when compared to version 1.0 ? > ========================================== > > - More supported CPUs: > AMD64, SPARC, PPC (32 bit), ARM. > - More supported platforms: > Mac OS classic, Mac OS X, MorphOS, Novell Netware. > - Improved inlining > - Improved register variables > - Improved 80x86 assembler optimizer > - Threading support. > - Rudimentary variant support. > - Interfaces support. > - WideString support. > - More Delphi compatibility units. > - Greatly improved database access. > - New compiler mode: > MACPAS for compatibility with Pascal compilers on Mac OS. > - Complete documentation of RTL units, generated using a new documentation > tool, included in the distribution: fpdoc > - Completely rewritten Unix support. > - Completely rewritten compiler, allowing for easier ports to new > architectures. > - IDE > - Free Vision text-mode windowing system. > - Many new packages. > - And of course, Numerous bugfixes. > > The complete list of changes can be found in the whatsnew.txt file included > in the distribution. > > Where can it be downloaded ? > ============================ > > The main download site is > http://www.freepascal.org/sdown.html > > Here, you can select a mirror close to you. Please select a mirror, as the > main server is heavily loaded, but allow some time for the mirrors to be > up-to-date. > > Installation packages are already available for > - Windows (with installer) > - Linux (Intel x86, AMD64, Sparc, PPC, ARM) : tar.gz and .rpm > - FreeBSD (Intel x86) > - OS/2 > - Mac OS X (PPC) > - Mac OS Classic (PPC) > - Netware (Intel x86, native and libc) > Others will follow soon. > > What is planned for the future ? > ================================ > > - Fix more bugs. > - Support for dynamic libraries and run-time packages. > - Support for DispInterface (OLE binding on Windows). > - Improved optimizations. > - Improved threading. > - Internal assemblers/linker in the compiler. > - More platforms. > - Better Delphi compatibility. > - Even more documentation. > > Enjoy ! > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
