Free Pascal

Free Pascal compiler, ideal to program in Pascual.

The Pascal programing language is a structured programing language, basically focused to be used to learn how to program, and has been around for many a year.

  Quite a few years ago, when MS-DOS was the main operating system, they where various interfaces to program with this language, thus we could find more basic ones like TurboPascal to more advanced ones like Borland Pascal that even improved and gave more power to the programing language.

  When Windows and graphic environments came into use, this developed into Delphi, and programing language fell into disuse.

  For the nostalgic, for future programmers and for companies that still use this programing language, there is an open source project called Free Pascal, also known as FPK Pascal, that is an exact copy of the development environments of this language. In the same environment that we could find in TurboPascal, we will be able to develop our programs in this language without hundreds of windows or complications with the advanced Windows controls. Free Pascal isn't only the development environment, because it also includes a compiler, that is essential to launch our applications and compile them. It also includes the professional tools that can't be left out of a program of this type, the debugger, necessary to make sure that our code is optimized and error free. A search engine inside the code, a calculator, access to the ASCII table and various other tools that provide Free Pascal of great power.

  To sum up, if you want to start or go back to programing in Pascal, Free Pascal is the program that you were looking for.