[fpc-pascal] Object pascal language compatiblity - was: Does FPC 2.8.0 can actually still be called Pascal ?

[Sven Barth]

Am 05.03.2013 22:36 schrieb "Dimitri Smits" <smitco at telenet.be>:
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> ----- Oorspronkelijk e-mail -----
> > Van: "Florian Klämpfl" <florian at freepascal.org>
> > Aan: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
> > Verzonden: Maandag 4 maart 2013 21:00:10
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> > And how does this change the fact that it is an external cg not
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> the front-end would still be written in pascal.
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> as a matter of fact, when you use the binutils and ld etc, you aren't
exactly using a full pascal toolchain either, no?

Unlike the binutils which are basically available on and for every platform
LLVM is not. Also we are trying on some plattforms to reduce or remove the
need for external non-Pascal tools.

Regards,
Sven
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