[fpc-pascal]32-bit Turbo Pascal (was: Pascal Tutorial)
Rich Pasco
pasco at acm.org
Wed Jun 12 08:00:12 CEST 2002
Jonas Maebe wrote:
> b) the original reason FPC was started, was because Borland didn't want
> to make a 32bit Turbo Pascal. As such, FPC was initially aimed at people
> who wanted a 32bit TP, not people who want to program in standard Pascal
And I am so glad it was. The presence of Free Pascal has made it
possible for me to port hundreds of my Turbo Pascal DOS apps to become
32-bit Windows Console apps with relatively little pain. Thank you,
thank you!
- Rich
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