From: robert@prino.org
On 2025-02-03 10:44, Chax Plore wrote:
> Please do not abandon the Mini FAQ.
> maybe it is somewhat silent on this group, but Pascal is always alive in our
> hearts.
I know, and I still use it all the time, next to PL/I and REXX, in the form of
Virtual Pascal (VP), which is just as "dead" as Turbo/Borland Pascal, but at
least it allows me to create 32-bit executables that still run on 64-bit
Windoze
(W7 in my case).
I've tried FreePascal a few times, and it doesn't support one feature that was
in TP/BP from V4 when Borland introduced the "unit" feature, it eliminates
variables that are part of a single "const" declaration.
And the IDE and debugger suck, suck big time!
Of course VP has the major disadvantage that it doesn't natively support
anything after the Pentium in the built-in assembler, so to use post-Pentium
instructions you will have to hark back to TP 1/2/3 times, and code the
instructions using db/dw/dd definitions and debugging them is a bit tricky, to
say the least. My "lift" program uses both MMX, P6 (conditional moves), and
even
AVX instructions!
If you want to see some of my (badly commented) code, it can be found via the
links on and there's
a link to the "manual" next to it. You need "lift32bit.rar" and the input file
for the main "lift" program is in liftdat.rar". "lift32bit.rar" also contains
the executables and VPO files, although the latter are obviously specific,
directory-wise, for my system. The final (60th!) 16-bit TP 3 version can also
be
found on the same page, it runs in DOSBox-X.
Anyway to come back to your post after this senseless blabbering, I might
consider reposting the mini-FAQ occasionally, if and when there's some activity
in the group.
Robert
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robert(a)prino(d)org
The hitchhiking grandfather - https://prino.neocities.org/
Some REXX code for use on z/OS - https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html
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