> On Jun 24, 2025, at 8:46 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On 6/24/2025 4:48 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel wrote: >> >>> On Jun 24, 2025, at 7:27 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel >>> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> >>> On the virtual get-together this weekend, someone (I think it was >>> Jerome?) asked about the TPC16 compiler. This is a Pascal compiler >>> that's supposed to be compatible with Borland TurboPascal. >>> >>> https://turbopascal.org/ >>> >>> >> Sad that he doesn’t want to make it open source. Oh well, you tried. Maybe >> he will change his mind someday. :-( > There was a discussion about this a few years back on either the FreePascal > forum or on a usenet Pascal list, in which was mentioned that the source (at > least a good part of it) would actually be from a leaked Turbo Pascal source > code 6.0 (about 20 years ago), and hence the reluctance to publish it.
Not that it really matters at all. Just curious… Was using leaked code directly or indirectly simply Speculation or proven fact? > Parts of it, like parser is listed in snippets on the web site, but what is > published is not enough to get the working compiler together. > > Trust me, if the source code for this would be legally available, I would > have posted about this long time ago…😛 Then there is little hope of getting an open source TP7 compatible compiler. While FPC is great, it is not even remotely the same thing at all. Since, Borland/Inprise/Embarcadero won’t even release it as “Free to use”, I think that they are highly unlikely to ever make TP5.5 or later open source. It is not like making nearly 40 year old software open source would be a threat to their business model. It is very sad. Just one more reason to stop buying, oh I mean, “renting” their compilers. :-( _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
