does anyone know what would be a good pascal compiler to start with and also how do you make your pascal program executable? cheers

: does anyone know what would be a good pascal compiler to start with and also how do you make your pascal program executable? cheers
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There are lots of good ones, but your choice depends on what OS you are running and which ones you plan on supporting.

thanks for your reply. At present i am using windows 95 but will probably move up to 98 sometime

: thanks for your reply. At present i am using windows 95 but will probably move up to 98 sometime

http://www.vpascal.com and http://www.freepascal.org are both good, free choices then. There is also a free version of Turbo Pascal 5.5 available on Borland's website, but Id recommend going with one of the other two since they support Win32 targets.

: : thanks for your reply. At present i am using windows 95 but will probably move up to 98 sometime
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: http://www.vpascal.com and http://www.freepascal.org are both good, free choices then. There is also a free version of Turbo Pascal 5.5 available on Borland's website, but Id recommend going with one of the other two since they support Win32 targets.
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Hi there
thanks again i am downloading the vpascal, thanks for the help

: : : thanks for your reply. At present i am using windows 95 but will probably move up to 98 sometime
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: : http://www.vpascal.com and http://www.freepascal.org are both good, free choices then. There is also a free version of Turbo Pascal 5.5 available on Borland's website, but Id recommend going with one of the other two since they support Win32 targets.
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: Hi there
: thanks again i am downloading the vpascal, thanks for the help
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VP will remind you of VB...I also recommend having FreePascal. There are a couple of the commands there than are very quick and make programming easy...FP still retains the look and feel of TP, but has some added goodies. I'm glad you chose to join the Pascal community. Good luck. Since both are free, I would recommend getting both. If you will be using Pascal in your job too, I would suggest staying with FP rather than VP. If you will be using Pascal for strictly personal use, get both.

Respectfully,
Delljohnb