In case anyone is not following the thread at QL Forum, you might,
possibly, maybe, perhaps be interested to know that there is some work
ongoing to bring the Free Pascal Compiler to the QL.
This was started as a sort of joke project back in QLVember (I hate
those made up "month" names!) but Marcel, myself and a few others have
been doing some work with "Chain-Q", the instigator, and we are slowly
bringing an up to date Pascal compiler to the QL.
Well, it's a cross compiler actually, but the executables it generates
can indeed be executed on the QL/QPC/etc. Dare I mention, we get Object
Oriented programming now? (Don't tell Tony Tebby!)
If you wish to follow along, the thread is at
https://qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3057 and I have created a
document for Linux users in order to show the processes and software
required to build the cross compiler, and brief notes on how to use it.
The document is at
https://github.com/NormanDunbar/FPC-CrossCompiler-QL/releases/latest and
this link will always take you to the latest version.
The document is written from a Linux point of view as that is what I'm
using. If anyone wants to pick it up and run with it on Windows, I'd be
grateful for any nots etc that you may have on the matter so that I can
bring it up to date for Windows users too.
Anyone using MacOS? That might also be helpful.
The compiler is in an early state at the moment, but we do have simple
programs working. I'm currently writing/building/testing (and repeat!)
the SysUtils unit to get that working.
Cheers,
Norm.
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Norman Dunbar
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