Pascal (Program Language)
Pascal and Object Pascal: Compilers and Features
Wikipedia excerpts offer comprehensive overviews of two related programming language topics: Free Pascal and Object Pascal. The article on Object Pascal explains its origins as an extension of the Pascal language to include object-oriented features, detailing its evolution from Apple's Clascal and later adoption by Borland (as the foundation for Delphi) and the open-source community. The Free Pascal source describes the open-source compiler, known as FPC, which supports multiple Pascal dialects including Object Pascal and Delphi syntax, and chronicles its extensive history, version releases, and wide range of supported operating systems and processor architectures, underscoring its cross-platform capabilities. Highlight that FPC and its associated IDE, Lazarus, are major contemporary implementations of the Object Pascal language.