[fpc-pascal] Questions from Semi-Beginner

Tomas Hajny XHajT03 at hajny.biz
Sat Feb 20 17:15:55 CET 2021


On 2021-02-20 13:49, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:
> CSlemaker via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am 
> Sa.,
> 20. Feb. 2021, 09:48:


Hello everybody,

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Tomas


>> Will I need to recompile my Pascal source files for object 
>> compatibility
>> with Win 10?
>> Should I install the latest version of Free Pascal, and if so, which
>> version is that?
>> Will I have any compatibility problems with my source codes and an
>> up-to-date compiler?
> 
> You don't need to do anything except for installing your FPC version 
> again.
> 
> Of course you're free to upgrade to 3.2.0, but it might involve 
> changes, so
> that might be something for another day.
> 
> P.S. - "Lazarus" is a term I'm not familiar with.  Is it a completely 
> new
>> IDE for Free
>>    Pascal?  Is there a document which describes differences with the 
>> old
>> IDE?
>>    Is the old IDE still available in case I have trouble with Lazarus?
>> 
> 
> Lazarus is nothing new. It's around 20 years old as well and is a very
> stable and comfortable IDE for Free Pascal. You can use it for both GUI 
> and
> console development and especially the code utilities and the debugger
> integration are more advanced than the text mode IDE.
> 
> If you want I'd suggest you to simply download Lazarus 2.0.10 and to 
> give
> it a try. On Windows it comes with FPC 3.2.0 which will *not* interfere
> with a standalone installation of FPC (e.g. Your 2.6.4).
> 
> If you have trouble you can ask here or on the forum (
> forum.lazarus.freepascal.org for both FPC and Lazarus) or look at the 
> wiki (
> wiki.freepascal.org, also for both projects).
> 
> Regards,
> Sven


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