From: ftilojim@tznvy.pbz   
      
   Thank you! Found your comfy corner on Neocities and downloaded some   
   code. db/dw/dd trick is a classic.   
      
   Also thank you for Pascal enhanced/tuned-up Runtime Library, of which   
   you are a co-author. It rescued few of my past projects from effects of   
   Borland RRL bugs.   
      
   On 2025-02-03 22:44, Robert Prins wrote:   
   > 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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