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

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 05.03.2013 22:36, schrieb Dimitri Smits:
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>> 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
>> written in pascal?
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> the front-end would still be written in pascal.

But the back end not, right ;)?

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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?

Of course I do. My desktops run all windows and fpc for win32/win64 has 
no need of as or ld (guess why ;)). fpc contains an assembler and linker 
for win32/win64. Actually, fpc even supported win64 before binutils for 
it were available due to this.