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Free Pascal Compiler
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- Version 1.9.8 aka 2.0.0-Rc2
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+ Version 2.0.0
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Please also read the platform specific README file, if it exists.
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-*** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
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-This a beta release and it still contains some known bugs. However, it would
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-be very useful if you could test your projects with it and tell us when
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-you find bugs. You can submit bug reports on the website.
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-*** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
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-
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-This package contains a freeware 32-bit pascal compiler for several
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+This package contains a freeware 32-bit/64-bit pascal compiler for several
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platforms. The language and the runtime library are almost compatible with
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Turbo Pascal 7.0 and recent Delphi releases. There is also partial support
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for the Macintosh pascal dialect.
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-Free Pascal 1.9.8 is currently available for the following platforms:
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+Free Pascal 2.0.0 is currently available for the following platforms:
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- Linux-i386
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- Linux-powerpc
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- Linux-sparc
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@@ -59,9 +53,10 @@ targets, feel free to contact us, e-mail addresses are listed below.
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- dynamic array support
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- variant support
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- code optimizer:
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- - peephole optimizer (80x86-only)
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+ - peephole optimizer (80x86 only)
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+ - jump optimizer
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- loading of variables into registers
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- - assembler level dataflow analyzer (80x86-only)
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+ - assembler level dataflow analyzer (80x86 only)
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- stack frame eliminations
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- sophisticated register allocator
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- integrated BASM (built-in assembler) parser
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@@ -105,7 +100,7 @@ Mac OS (classic)
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* Quick start - Win32 / OS/2 / DOS
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-Download distribution archive (fpc-1.9.8.i386-win32.zip for Win32,
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+Download distribution archive (fpc-2.0.0.i386-win32.zip for Win32,
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dos196.zip for GO32v2 or os2196.zip for OS/2) and unzip it
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into a temporary directory.
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* Quick start - Linux/FreeBSD
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-Download fpc-1.9.8.<cpu>-<os>.tar and untar into a temporary directory.
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+Download fpc-2.0.0.<cpu>-<os>.tar and untar into a temporary directory.
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Start the install script with ./install.sh and follow the instructions.
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@@ -195,7 +190,7 @@ and to modify it. You are of course free to do this
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so long as you observe the licence conditions. In order to make the
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compiler/rtl & ides in a resonable time (eg <30 minutes) you'll need at least
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32M of physical memory (64M is better) memory and at least a 200 Mhz processor
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-and at least 20 Mbytes of free disk space. You'll also need
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+and at least 100 Mbytes of free disk space. You'll also need
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some knowledge of making files & programming... it is not
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difficult but it isn't easy either!
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florian