Free Pascal: Difference between revisions

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Description

A Pascal 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 with Turbo Pascal, Delphi (up to version 7), and partly compatible with Metrowerks Pascal and ISO Pascal. It supports a number of operating systems including 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 Run-Time code is licensed under a modified version of the Library General Public License, which allows its use with closed source software, commercial applications or open source software with other licenses.

Version

* Latest version: 2.6.4 (2014-03-06)

Prerequisites

EMX

Links

* Official Site: http://www.freepascal.org

License

The compiler is open source licensed under the GPL v2

Publications

See full announcement at eComStation.com

Author

Florian P. Klaempfl (Original author)

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 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 Run-Time code is licensed under a modified version of the Library General Public License, which allows to use it in closed source commercial applications.
+The Run-Time code is licensed under a modified version of the Library General Public License, which allows its use with closed source software, commercial applications or open source software with other licenses.
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