See below ...
Joe.
-----Original Message----- From: Bohdan Vlasyuk [SMTP:bohdan@kivc.vstu.vinnica.ua] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 12:10 AM To: gpc@gnu.de Subject: Good version for mostly IT activity
Hi !
I need your advice -- I want to find stable gpc version suitable for my needs..
I'm run Linux [2.4.6 as for now, and I plan to further upgrades :-)].
I need gpc to compile user programs, which would be likely developed under mics. environment, but generally under DOS with old borland pascal {They think that BP IDE is the best}. Programs are expected to be relatively small, and I don't think that anyone would use OO-extensions more that for few strings, it would at all.
Actually, BP compatibility is not REQUIRED, but would be nice. Are there any standards in Pascal like ISO C ??
[Joe da Silva]
Yes, there are actually two ISO Pascal standards :
1. ISO 7185 - Non-extended (aka Classic) Pascal 2. ISO 10206 - Extended Pascal (superset)
You can obtain a free copy of ISO 10206, in either A4 or US-Legal document size, at : http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Pascal/iso10206_a4.ps.gz http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Pascal/iso10206.ps.gz
You can also find an easy-to-read introduction to Extended Pascal (by Prospero Software) at : http://www.prosperosoftware.com/epintro.html
Personally I don't program Pascal, so I can't judge which one is better.
What can you tell me about FPC? Is it worth looking ??
thank you for your opinion.
P.s.: If that's wrong list for that type of questions, I'm terrible sorry, could you please direct me to right source?
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