[fpc-pascal] pascal compiler for ardurino

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Ralf A. Quint said:
> > > in language or C) ?
> >
> >FPC has an AVR target (the processor the Arduino is based on), but I 
> >don't know its state... (AFAIK its non working though :( )
> I know there is an entry in the FPC Wiki about that, but that is 
> quite "aged" and I am not sure if FPC in general is a good match at 
> least for the lower end of any micro controller (not only Amtel AVR 
> but PIC's as well), given that some of them are very limited in the 
> amount of usable RAM/stack space and usually do not have any float 
> support either...

If one is afraid of overhead, I would simply buy the vendor recommended
compiler. Many of the 3rd party alternatives are less optimal too. At least
they are with (ds)pic