Dear Sirs ,
Since many months , I was thinking to make a suggestion for
generation of Java bytecode by Free Pascal from a Pascal source when a
compiler switch is set . It seems that ( with respect to my limited
knowledge about FPC Team structure ) compiler programming mostly managed
by Florian and he is in his PhD studies which he has very difficult days
for his PhD studies because PhD programs are not trivial subjects (
means that it is necessary to make a NEW contribution to existing
science ) .
Since a thread started with this subject I could find encouragement
to participate into it .
Having an ability to generate Java byte code by the Free Pascal compiler
will make it a much more powerful cross compiler because
generated Java byte code may be executed in any system having a
Java Virtual Machine .
This will also make easy to transport Free Pascal compiler into such new
environments because Free Pascal is able to compile itself :
Compile Free Pascal to Java bytecode .
Bring it to new environment .
Compile Java byte code to machine code of the new environment
( after adjusting code generator of Free Pascal for the new
environment ) .
With this facility developers will be able to transport their
programs into new environments where there is no available Free
Pascal compiler .
In short , I think , generation of Java byte code by the Free Pascal
compiler is one of the most important improvements .
Thank you very much .
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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