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FPC 2.4.0 released! (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 02.01.2010, 23:46
(edited by Rugxulo on 10.01.2010, 20:15)

Hi,

> We have placed a new major release of the Free Pascal Compiler,
> version 2.4.0 on our ftp-servers.
I have announced this on FreeDOS' news page (actually just re-updated the RC1 announcement), so it's there now. Hope this helps get more users.

BTW, more random comments:

1). Some tools are still less than newest, maybe there's a good reason, but if not, you should update to AR, AS, LD, etc. 2.19, ZIP 3.0, UPX 3.04, etc. (I've got a rebuilt UPX-UCL 3.04 on my site if you prefer a totally free/libre version.)

2). I didn't heavily test, but something seems amiss in the timing of FPCTRIS (unlike 1.0.10's behavior) as well as a fairly big size increase. Take this with a grain of salt, though. But it did act weird under DOSBox and Vista.

3). Full install seems to be 170 MB (vs. 70 MB for 1.0.10). In particular, the install takes a lot longer (well, not too too bad) now, probably due to lots more documentation. Also, the "old versions" link on the website honestly doesn't even mention GO32V2, so I forgot/got confused thinking the EMX version was the official DOS one (oops), which is bad because it doesn't fully work in DOS (make.exe is OS/2 only, RSX refuses it) nor Vista (even with RSX, compiler won't run) nor does it even come with the GO32 RTL (no luck making voxel.pp). I had to search for and find dos1010full.zip elsewhere. I should honestly look into how to make a small-ish package of 2.4.0, esp. since it's being maintained (unlike 1.0.10).

(edited to remove lame-o instructions for lame-o old FPC version)

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