On Mon, 16 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Congratulations, and many thanks. > > Will it compile itself ? Yes. Michael. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
