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Free Pascal version 2.2.0 released (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 13.09.2007, 22:10

> > CWSDPMI
>
> Very true and very obsolete.
Not obsolete because it still works, but there are other options. However, it does swapping (whether you like it or not), which can indeed be useful on much older machines with really low memory.

> Doesn't FPC have it's own (buggy) libraries and (buggy) startup code ?
I was mainly referring to FBC (which has such libraries), didn't look at FPC too closely. But I know FPC uses some DJGPP stuff, so that was the point: they're all related.

> :confused: What's needed is a place with people interested in PASCAL and
> having DOS ... so far I know exactly 1 (one) person
> qualifying (definitely about 1st, hopefully (still ?) on 2nd :-|)
The real question is "Why is everything all about Windows and Linux?" What is accomplished by writing anything for them that can't be done in DOS as well?

> On comp.os.msdog.djgpp, people don't have DOS :-(
I dunno, some use Win98SE, some use WinXP, it's all related to how old your computers are, what OSes came preinstalled (the main way people get Windows), etc.

At least with a FreeDOS bootdisk, people can easily use DOS without any hassles (even under QEMU if no floppy drive is available).

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