Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.fpc-pas...@telemetry.co.uk> wrote:
Marco van de Voort wrote:
In our previous episode, Ben said:
What is the programming language used in and with the Free Pascal Compiler?
* Object Pascal
* Delphi
* Free Pascal
* Pascal
Pretty much all apply. Free Pascal has a mode concept with 5/6 modes.
I think that we need to distinguish between the name of the language
(either Pascal or Object Pascal) and the implementation (Free Pascal).
It's entirely reasonable that there be variations in the underlying
language depending on implementation.
I'd suggest that an issue to be considered is what facilities are
available in the language by default, i.e. with no command line options,
embedded directives or "uses" statements.
It is all of them.
Object Pascal is a superset of Pascal. Delphi is a variant of Object
Pascal (an implementation of
OP plus a RAD). Free Pascal is an implementation and extension of all
the others.
I consider myself an FPC programmer rather than a Pascal programmer
simply because it is important
to stress that I am not clinging to the 70's original Pascal but a
modern language. Strangely enough,
you have to make that clear, while few C programmers are expected to use
the K&R C of the same time
even though they don't present themselves as "C99 programmers" or "ANSI
C programmers".
/Ingemar
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