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- Free Pascal Compiler
-
- Version 0.99.12
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * Intro
- ****************************************************************************
-
- This package contains a freeware 32-bit pascal compiler for 386+. The language
- and the runtime library are more or less compatible to TP 7.0. Some Delphi
- additions have also been implemented like exceptions and rtti.
-
- Free Pascal is currently available for the following platforms:
- - DOS, via the DJ Delorie's GO32V1 and GO32V2 Dos extenders
- - Linux (i386), both aout and elf
- - OS/2 & DOS, via the EMX extender
- - Win32 (Win32s, Win95/98 and WinNT)
- - Commodore Amiga
- - Atari ST
-
- More platforms will be supported in the future.
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * Features
- ****************************************************************************
-
- - high speed compiler
- - fully 32-bit code
- - code optimizer:
- - peephole optimizer
- - loading of variables into registers
- - assembler level dataflow analyzer
- - stack frame eliminations
- - language features:
- - almost fully compatible with Borland Pascal
- - long strings, ansi strings
- - partially compatible with Borland Delphi
- - procedure overloading
- - operator overloading
- - integrated BASM (built-in assembler) parser
- - supports ATT syntax used by GNU C
- - supports Intel syntax used by Turbo Pascal
- - can compile code into assembler source code for these assemblers:
- - GNU Assembler (GAS)
- - Netwide assembler (Nasm)
- - Microsoft Assembler/Turbo Assembler (Masm/Tasm)
- - can call external C code
- - smartlinking
- - support for the GNU debugger
- - cross-platform API
- - IDE (currently for GO32v2 and Win32 only)
- - can create binaries running natively under both DOS and OS/2 (EMX version)
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * Requirements
- ****************************************************************************
-
- 386 processor
- DOS (extender GO32v2):
- - DOS 3.3
- - 4 MB RAM (8+ MB recommended)
- - hard disk with free space of 8 MB
- - DMPI server (CWSDPMI is delivered in the go32v2 distro)
- Win32:
- - Win95/98 or WinNT
- - 8 MB RAM (16+ MB recommended)
- OS/2 and DOS (extender EMX):
- - either DOS 5.0 and above
- or OS/2 v2.x and above
- - 3 MB RAM (8+ MB recommended) for DOS
- or 8 MB (12 or more MB recommended depending on OS version) for OS/2
- - EMX or RSX (for DPMI) runtime package (part of OS/2 distribution)
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- The current version is only an evaluation version.
- ****************************************************************************
-
- Quick start
- -----------
- Download dos09912.zip (version for DOS) or w3209912.zip (version for
- Win9x/NT) or os209912.zip (EMX version - for OS/2 and DOS) and unzip it
- into a temporary directory.
-
- Start the install program INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.
-
- Don't forget to set the path as mentioned by the install program.
-
- To test the compiler, change to the demo directory of the compiler
- and type
- ppc386 hello or ppos2 hello (for EMX version)
- hello
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * The packages of the distribution
- ****************************************************************************
-
- All standard packages contain a part that is specific for the target platform
- and a few files which are target independent. All files are also available
- as separate files to reduce file size if the default file is too big.
-
- dos09912.zip specific:
- ----------------------
- basego32.zip contains a DOS (Go32V2) compiler, runtime library and
- additional files
- asldgo32.zip contains additional GNU utilities which are necessary:
- AS 2.9.1 for Go32V2
- LD 2.9.1 for Go32V2
- AR 2.8.1 for Go32V2
- Strip 2.8.1 for Go32V2
- utilgo32.zip contains additional GNU utilities which might be useful to
- compile the run time library:
- Make 3.76.1
- RM 3.16
- CP 3.16
- MV 3.16
- PWD 3.16
- GInstall 3.16
- Date 3.16
- Echo 3.16
- UPX 0.72
- gdbgo32.zip contains the GNU Debugger 4.16 for Go32V2
-
- w3209912.zip specific:
- ----------------------
- basew32.zip contains a Win32 compiler, runtime library and
- additional files
- asldw32.zip contains additional GNU utilities from MinGW32 which are
- necessary:
- AS 2.9.1 for Win32
- LD 2.9.1 for Win32
- AR 2.9.1 for Win32
- Strip 2.9.1 for Win32
- utilw32.zip contains additional GNU utilities which might be useful to
- compile the run time library:
- Make 3.76.1
- RM 3.16
- CP 3.16
- MV 3.16
- PWD 3.16
- GInstall 3.16
- Date 3.16
- Echo 3.16
- UPX 0.72
- gdbw32.zip contains the GNU Debugger 4.16.1 for Win32
-
- os209912.zip specific:
- ----------------------
- baseemx.zip contains an EMX (OS/2 and DOS) compiler, runtime library and
- additional files
- asldemx.zip contains additional GNU utilities which are necessary:
- AS 2.6 for EMX
- LD for EMX
- EMXBIND 0.9d
- AR 2.6 for EMX
- Strip for EMX
- utilemx.zip contains additional GNU utilities which might be useful to
- compile the run time library:
- Make 3.76.1
- RM 3.13
- CP 3.13
- MV 3.13
- ChMod 3.13
- PWD 1.12
- Install 3.13
- Date 1.12
- Echo 1.12
- gdbemx.zip contains the GNU Debugger 4.16 for EMX
-
- common files in dos09912.zip, w3209912.zip and os209912.zip:
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- demo.zip contains some demo files
- doc-html.zip contains the documentation in HTML format
- docs-ps.zip contains the documentation in PostScript
- install.exe installation program
- install.dat installation data
- readme.txt this readme file
- whatsnew.txt what's been changed
-
- Optional source package src09912.zip:
- -------------------------------------
- pp09912s.zip contains the compiler sources
- rl09912s.zip contains the runtime library sources
- doc160s.zip contains the TeX sources of the doc
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * Documentation
- ****************************************************************************
-
- The documentation is available as HTML pages.
- The documentation "home page" is doc\fpctoc.htm (FPC Table Of Contents).
-
- The documentation in PostScript is available at the ftp server.
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * Suggestions, Help, Bugs ...
- ****************************************************************************
-
- Suggestions, Help ...
- ---------------------
- e-mail: fpc-devel@vekoll.saturnus.vein.hu
- WWW: http://tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/~michael/fpc/
- (several mirrors exist)
- FTP: ftp://tflily.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/fpc
- Additional informations about mailing lists etc. can be found on the
- web site.
-
-
- ****************************************************************************
- * License
- ****************************************************************************
-
- The programs and sources come under the GPL, for more informations read
- the file COPYING. Additional informations about the runtime library license
- are found in COPYING.FPC. Some utilities and programs come under the license
- described in COPYING.DJ or COPYING.EMX
-
- NOTE: OS/2 version of the installer uses the library UNZIP32.DLL from
- Info-ZIP. Info-ZIP's software (Zip, UnZip and related utilities)
- is free and can be obtained as source code or executables from
- Internet/WWW sites, including http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ .
-