Re: Plan to Update GPC

Scott:

> > FPC certainly qualifies as a cross platform OS, and I believe it
> > runs well on MacOS??
> 
> It does run, but because they have a legacy of bells and whistles it
> doesn't comple vanilla Pascal from 1982 (ISO 7185?)
> "

> I'd like some more details on that. I have very extensive testing
> services with Pascal-P5, and FPC passes, or did pass, my ISO 7185
> tests.

It's been a while.  For my program to directly access files in the
local diretory I have a script that adds assignments.  These are
non-standard as I understand it (that is, they would differ by
differenting operating systems).  There were some special compiler
directives.  They were incorporating things and maybe the latest
version (which I have not gotten) is easier to compile with.  I would
have to dig around to find more details.

> You can also just compile your stuff with Pascal-P5. As mentioned,
> it is perhaps the most rigorous test of ISO 7185 compliance you will
> find today.

I see I have a directory for P4.  Apparently I played with it in 2015
according to my notes.  This is from my notes [2015 Nov 17]:

> http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/pascal/p4c.tar.gz
> Lots of errors.  FUBAR.

I also have a directory for p5c ... and we communicated in 2016!
You asked if it would be ok to put copies of my code online (yes).
You mentioned:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pascalp5/

I don't understand the difference between p4 and p5.  I see p6
is under development.  If I try it, should I use:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pascalp5/files/pascal-p5_1_3.tar.gz/download

> You sound like a pretty advanced user of ISO 7185 Pascal, we should
> keep in touch.

I'm not particularly 'advanced' - I just have a large legacy of Pascal
programs that I use for understanding a fundamental theory of biology.

> I am at [email protected].

Ok.

Tom

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