GNU Pascal

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GNU Pascal (GPC) is a Pascal compiler comprised of a frontend to GCC, similar to the way Fortran and other languages were added to GCC. GNU Pascal is ISO 7185 compatible, and it implements "most" of the ISO 10206 Extended Pascal standard (according to the manual).

The major advantage of piggybacking GNU Pascal on the GCC compiler is that it is instantly portable to any platform the GCC compiler supports; however, it also means carrying the GNU build system and tools, which are pretty alien on major platforms like Windows.

[edit] See also

• Pascal
• GNU
• GCC

[edit] External links

• The GNU Pascal (GPC) website
• Standard Pascal — Resources and history of original, standard Pascal
• Pascal User's Group Newsletters — An early Pascal history resource that contains many letters from Wirth and others concerning Pascal.
• Pascal and its Successors — An article by Niklaus Wirth about the development of Pascal, Modula-2 and Oberon