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==UCSD Pascal implementations== | ==UCSD Pascal implementations== | ||
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* [[Cabot UCSD Pascal]] Commercial - Discontinued | * [[Cabot UCSD Pascal]] Commercial - Discontinued | ||
* [[Pecan UCSD Pascal]] - 16 bit only - Discontinued | * [[Pecan UCSD Pascal]] - 16 bit only - Discontinued | ||
* [[ucsd-psystem-xc]] - Open Source - Discontinued. | * [[ucsd-psystem-xc]] - Open Source - Discontinued. | ||
====OS/2 | ====OS/2 tools that offer some UCSD Pascal compatibility==== | ||
* [[Free Pascal]] - Open source - Current - Very limited compatibility in more recent versions. | * [[Free Pascal]] - Open source - Current - Very limited compatibility in more recent versions. | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 2 January 2016
Created during the latter half of the 1970's, UCSD Pascal is an interpreted version of the Pascal programming language developed at the University of California, San Diego under the leadership of Kenneth Bowles and gets its name from the initials of the university.
UCSD Pascal implementations
OS/2 tools based on UCSD Pascal
- Cabot UCSD Pascal Commercial - Discontinued
- Pecan UCSD Pascal - 16 bit only - Discontinued
- ucsd-psystem-xc - Open Source - Discontinued.
OS/2 tools that offer some UCSD Pascal compatibility
- Free Pascal - Open source - Current - Very limited compatibility in more recent versions.
Operating systems based on, or compatible with UCSD Pascal
- Advanced Operating System (AOS)
- Apple Pascal
- BOS
History
The UCSD system is based on ETH Pascal and uses the same p-code interpreter/virtual machine and was initially a straight port of the P2 Pascal system to the types of microcomputer systems that were prevalent at the time in the USA, up until that time most Pascal implementations were on mainframe and minicomputers and it was believed that the system was to large to be used on micros. The French Micral microcomputer however was sold with a Pascal system port a few years earlier despite being based on a lowly 8008 microprocessor and that inspired educational users of the language since it opened up the possibility to give individual students access to a fairly cheap personal computer to develop their software on.
The ETH Pascal system had been built for portability and not speed, and students working on large Pascal programs often clogged up the timesharing systems that the school provided for their use. In some cases the timesharing resources were so limited that students were only allowed to run their software after working hours and even at the ETH a lightweight version of the system called Pascal-S was specifically developed because the ETH's CDC timesharing computer simply could no longer keep up with the volume of work that the informatics students were generating, even if it was running 24/7.