I was playing with Modern Pascal the other day and it's a very neat version of pascal. The only downside, for me, is that it's an interpreter and not a compiler. Isn't there a way to compile code and create executables?

It also has a BBS unit with some good functions for bbsing, i suggest anyine who knows pascal to take a look at MP.

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I was playing with Modern Pascal the other day and it's a very neat version

of

pascal. The only downside, for me, is that it's an interpreter and not a compiler. Isn't there a way to compile code and create executables?

It also has a BBS unit with some good functions for bbsing, i suggest

anyine

who knows pascal to take a look at MP.

It's not meant to compile code, if I remember rightly Ozz compares it to node.js (but better / faster).

I'd say stick with FreePascal if you want to make executables.

Modern Pascal (as far as I can tell) is closed source (yet MIT licensed?)

Personally I tried it last year or so, when Ozz was telling everyone about PCBoard 15, but at that time I couldn't find any source to PCBoard 15 which was
also apparently opensource, and it just seemed like a lot of talk.

PCBoard 15 is now "Legacy/X" which appears to be a legit BBS system (ie, not just talk). As for modern pascal, perhaps that's improved too since I last tried.

(Last year or so I seem to remember it being a bit crashy, but I didn't take much interest in it).

Perhaps some will like it, but I'd say use nodejs if you want that type of thing, or freepascal if you must use pascal.

Andrew


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It's not meant to compile code, if I remember rightly Ozz compares it to node.js (but better / faster).

I thought so, but i had to ask in case there was some "hidden" feature :)

Personally I tried it last year or so, when Ozz was telling everyone
about PCBoard 15, but at that time I couldn't find any source to PCBoard 15 which was also apparently opensource, and it just seemed like a lot
of talk.
PCBoard 15 is now "Legacy/X" which appears to be a legit BBS system (ie, not just talk). As for modern pascal, perhaps that's improved too since
I last tried.

I think it's open source, but you have to connect to legacy/x discord server
to get the link :O from what i have read in its facebook page.

Perhaps some will like it, but I'd say use nodejs if you want that type
of thing, or freepascal if you must use pascal.

If it's an "interpreter" thing, i don't have any other choice. :) But still, for bbsing purposes, if someone wants an easy way to access JAM bases, Modern Pascal offers it... just in case.

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I think it's open source, but you have to connect to legacy/x discord server to get the link :O from what i have read in its facebook page.

Thats true, and its not fully cooked yet either. They continue to make progress... but; we were supposed to 'go live' several times already.



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On 08-20-20 20:27, apam wrote to xqtr <=-

I'd say stick with FreePascal if you want to make executables.

I've been playing a bit with FreePascal lately. Wrote a simple timer based program for an application I have in mind. I've discovered the wiringPi library and a FP unit that acts as a wrapper for the C/C++ code, so now I can read/write the GPIO pins on the R-Pi. Now to merge that in with my existing code. :)

Modern Pascal (as far as I can tell) is closed source (yet MIT
licensed?)

I hadn't heard of Modern Pascal until now.


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