Free Pascal
Free Pascal is an open-source Pascal and Object Pascal compiler for Windows and many other platforms, supplied with a text-mode IDE.
Operating system: Windows
Publisher: Free Pascal development team
Release: Free Pascal 3.2.2
License: Open source
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Free Pascal (also known as FPK Pascal) is an open-source 32-bit and 64-bit compiler of the Pascal and Object Pascal language. The compiler is available for processors: Intel x86, Amd64/x86_64, PowerPC, PowerPC64, Sparc, ARM, AArch64, MIPS and others. Several operating systems are supported: Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku, Mac OS X/Darwin, DOS, Win32, Win64, WinCE, OS/2, Android, AmigaOS and MorphOS.
The main distinctive feature of this compiler from others is that it is focused on popular dialects of Object Pascal and Delphi language. Several other dialect compatibility modes are also supported: Turbo Pascal, Borland Delphi (supporting classes and interfaces), Mac Pascal, and object-oriented Delphi features. The Windows package includes a text-mode IDE with an editor, compiler and debugger menus, and the compiler is also used by the Lazarus IDE. It is free, open-source software.
Free Pascal's main benefit is its robust compatibility, supporting multiple processors, operating systems, and dialects of the Pascal and Delphi languages.
Win64: 64-bit Windows XP or later
PROS
Offers multi-platform programming, increasing accessibility.
High-speed compilation and execution.
CONS
The graphical Lazarus IDE is a separate download.
Stable releases come out only every few years.
