[fpc-pascal] Re: Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread leledumbo
Moreover, we need to distinguish between the base (i.e. standard) language and the implemented language (and its extensions). Almost all programming languages with more than one implementations do. For instance, standard C cannot have nested functions, but C implemented by GCC can. Standard C cann

Re: [fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Marco van de Voort wrote: In our previous episode, Ben said: What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler? * Object Pascal * Delphi * Free Pascal * Pascal Pretty much all apply. Free Pascal has a mode concept with 5/6 modes. I think that we need to distinguish

Re: [fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Cees Binkhorst
It is even mentioned here (together with 43,5 other Pascal dialects :) http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/ On 02/08/2011 09:34 AM, Ben wrote: > Hi, > > What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler? > > * Object Pascal > * Delphi > * Free Pascal > * Pascal > > > I woul

Re: [fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 08 Feb 2011, at 09:34, Ben wrote: If the Free Pascal Compiler project indeed does consider it having its own Pascal dialect, named Free Pascal, then is there a list of what syntax it has that is different to Borland's "Object Pascal", or Embarcadero's "Delphi" language? I don't think there

Re: [fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 08 Feb 2011, at 09:58, Marco van de Voort wrote: The fifth is a Mac Pascal mode whose Pascal was also called "Object Pascal" in the day. This mode also has a submode called "objectIVE Pascal". Objective-Pascal is unrelated to the Mac Pascal mode: a) syntactically they are not related b)

Re: [fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Ben said: > What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler? > > * Object Pascal > * Delphi > * Free Pascal > * Pascal Pretty much all apply. Free Pascal has a mode concept with 5/6 modes. The first is a Turbo Pascal compatible mode, but the o

Re: [fpc-pascal] Javascript in Desktop Applications

2011-02-08 Thread Sven Barth
Am 07.02.2011 15:16, schrieb Andrew Brunner: Does anyone have any BESEN examples that integrated actual FPC units? It seems like all the samle js units are self contained with no interface to system or GUI units. I haven't looked at the source in general and I also haven't tested it yet, but t

[fpc-pascal] Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-08 Thread Ben
Hi, What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler? * Object Pascal * Delphi * Free Pascal * Pascal I would have thought the first option [Object Pascal], but I have read many articles/blogs on the internet which seem to refer to the Free Pascal Compiler project's la