[fpc-pascal] FPC version 2.0.0 officially released.

[Florian Klaempfl]

bobmartin at ntlworld.com wrote:

> Congratulations, and many thanks.
> 
> Will it compile itself ?

Yes, of course :)

> 
> Bob Martin
> 
> 
> Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote the following on 16/05/05 10:17:46:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>The FPC team is pleased to announce the availability of version 2.0.0 of the
>>Free Pascal Compiler. This is the new stable version of the compiler.
>>Versions numbered 1.0.X and 1.9.Y are now considered obsolete and will no
>>longer be maintained.
>>
>>What is Free Pascal ?
>>=====================
>>
>>Free Pascal is a compiler for 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architectures such 
>>as Intel 32/64 bit, AMD 32/64 bit, SPARC, PowerPC and Intel ARM.
>>It is language compatible to Turbo Pascal, Delphi (till version 7), and
>>partly Metrowerks Pascal. It supports many operating systems: Dos, Linux, Windows,
>>OS/2, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, Novell Netware, Mac OS classic,
>>Mac OS X and MorphOS. 
>>
>>It comes with a cross-platform Run-Time Library, many interfaces to existing 
>>libraries, and a large set of non-visual classes in the Free Component Library. 
>>Last but not least, a text-mode IDE exists on various platforms, and FPC comes 
>>with 1800 pages of documentation.
>>
>>The compiler is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
>>The Run-Time code is licensed under a modified version of the 
>>Library General Public License, which allows to use it in a 
>>commercial application.
>>
>>What is new when compared to version 1.0 ?
>>==========================================
>>
>>- More supported CPUs: 
>>  AMD64, SPARC, PPC (32 bit), ARM.
>>- More supported platforms: 
>>  Mac OS classic, Mac OS X, MorphOS, Novell Netware.
>>- Improved inlining
>>- Improved register variables
>>- Improved 80x86 assembler optimizer
>>- Threading support.
>>- Rudimentary variant support.
>>- Interfaces support.
>>- WideString support.
>>- More Delphi compatibility units.
>>- Greatly improved database access.
>>- New compiler mode: 
>>  MACPAS for compatibility with Pascal compilers on Mac OS.
>>- Complete documentation of RTL units, generated using a new documentation
>>  tool, included in the distribution: fpdoc
>>- Completely rewritten Unix support.
>>- Completely rewritten compiler, allowing for easier ports to new
>>  architectures.
>>- IDE
>>- Free Vision text-mode windowing system.
>>- Many new packages.
>>- And of course, Numerous bugfixes.
>>
>>The complete list of changes can be found in the whatsnew.txt file included
>>in the distribution.
>>
>>Where can it be downloaded ?
>>============================
>>
>>The main download site is
>>http://www.freepascal.org/sdown.html
>>
>>Here, you can select a mirror close to you. Please select a mirror, as the
>>main server is heavily loaded, but allow some time for the mirrors to be 
>>up-to-date.
>>
>>Installation packages are already available for
>>- Windows (with installer)
>>- Linux (Intel x86, AMD64, Sparc, PPC, ARM) : tar.gz and .rpm
>>- FreeBSD (Intel x86)
>>- OS/2
>>- Mac OS X (PPC)
>>- Mac OS Classic (PPC) 
>>- Netware (Intel x86, native and libc)
>>Others will follow soon.
>>
>>What is planned for the future ?
>>================================
>>
>>- Fix more bugs.
>>- Support for dynamic libraries and run-time packages.
>>- Support for DispInterface (OLE binding on Windows).
>>- Improved optimizations.
>>- Improved threading.
>>- Internal assemblers/linker in the compiler.
>>- More platforms.
>>- Better Delphi compatibility.
>>- Even more documentation.
>>
>>Enjoy !
>>
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