[fpc-pascal] FPC version 2.0.0 officially released.

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 16 May 2005 bobmartin at ntlworld.com wrote:

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

Yes.

Michael.
> 
> 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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