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I want to learn pascal and ive got a pretty good tutorial, but i can't find a free compiler without it being a couple of years old and in DOS. I tried Dev-Pas and the compiler wouldn't work (installed it 3 times). I tried Free Pascal but the FTP server was overloaded.
Any other programs?
If you feel like giving linux a go they have a free compiler for just about everything. But for windows im not sure.
Yeah, free Pascal compilers are hard to come by in Windows. But, you can get Borland's Pascall 5.5 developer package free from:
https://bdn.borland.com/cgi-bin/login/
You do need to set up an account and all, but it is a good compiler. This version uses OOP and includes the Turbo Assembler.
While not free, you might be able to find older versions of Delphi for cheap or nothing. Version 2.0 is very like the original structured Pascal in code, with a Visual Studio-like interface.
I've used the 5.5 version under XP, BTW, just for grins. You can actually write and compile apps that run in XP with it. Just remember not to try direct hardware access from the code. That will only work in Win9x.
err...i am kinda young so i dont really know the history of computer programming languages...but if i am not mistaken isnt PASCAL really old? I mean, C/C++ is getting old, but PASCAL is really old. Why do you want to learn PASCAL?
*kinda off topic i know...i am just curious*
The reason i want to learn pascal is that it is very easy and in about 30 years there will be few people who know how to write programs in that language. Plus it doesnt crash ur comp as much as C++ does.
Yo h3r3tic did u even read my post. Stupid
Long time since I wrote something at AO but to all who remembers me <waves>.
A source I found helpful to keep track of free compilers (and other programming related stuff) are thefreecountry.com or a direct link to the page you may find most interesting "Free compilers compilers for the Pascal and Delphi programming languages" (scroll down on the page).
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Micael
mikem0327,
You said you have a good tutorial. Is it on line were the rest of us may take a look? If so, post the link. Thanks
Freddy
PS and be nice, please.
If your really stuck , and can't get what you want, pm me, and I will see about getting you a copy of Turbo Pascal for Windows, it's on four zip files, and you will have to create install disks on floppies. No guarantees, as it is an old program and I was more comfortable with the DOS version of Turbo pascalQuote:
Originally posted here by mikem0327
I want to learn pascal and ive got a pretty good tutorial, but i can't find a free compiler without it being a couple of years old and in DOS. I tried Dev-Pas and the compiler wouldn't work (installed it 3 times). I tried Free Pascal but the FTP server was overloaded.
Any other programs?
Burn the heretic ;)Quote:
Originally posted here by White_Eskimo
err...i am kinda young so i dont really know the history of computer programming languages...but if i am not mistaken isnt PASCAL really old? I mean, C/C++ is getting old, but PASCAL is really old. Why do you want to learn PASCAL?
*kinda off topic i know...i am just curious*
Pascal is old, but it's good - and it's grown up - Delphi/Kylix are very good languages.
Oh, and there is an open edition of Kylix3 Free from Borland (Linux Users)
http://www.borland.com/products/down...oad_kylix.html - Click on Open Edition
Steve
sorry it just makes me angry when people say stuff like this--computers are geniuses and they never make mistakes. Porgrammer are the people who program the computers to do stuff and it is because of them the computer tends to crash. Anyways, i just wanted to clarify...If a good C++ programmer writes a solid powerful C++ program, then it probably wont crash as much as if an inexperienced programmer coded it. Programmer are the cause of crashes...not computers (generally speaking)....Quote:
Plus it doesnt crash ur comp as much as C++ does.
sorry about that. I was just trying to help. I just read like half of your post.
hope you haven't tried this one or that someone else hasn't already suggested it.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/
Fred Brown pm me for the tutorial it is a zip file. The tutorial was wrote by a professor fom MIT.
I cant remember the URL but i searched google for Pascal Tutorials and found on either the first or second page
hey White_Eskimo everyone makes mistakes. I bet even a good c++ programmer(which i am not) crashes their compiler too.
seamoss said:
If you download version 5.5 from the Borland website, you can just copy the files from both the directories in the zip file to the same directory on your hard disk and run the installation program. It worked for me.Quote:
it's on four zip files, and you will have to create install disks on floppies.