Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final

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From	Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz>
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Subject	Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final
Date	Fri, 7 Feb 2025 07:37:47 +0100
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Thank you! Found your comfy corner on Neocities and downloaded some 
code. db/dw/dd trick is a classic.

Also thank you for Pascal enhanced/tuned-up Runtime Library, of which 
you are a co-author. It rescued few of my past projects from effects of 
Borland RRL bugs.

On 2025-02-03 22:44, Robert Prins wrote:
> On 2025-02-03 10:44, Chax Plore wrote:
>> Please do not abandon the Mini FAQ.
>> maybe it is somewhat silent on this group, but Pascal is always alive 
>> in our hearts.
> 
> I know, and I still use it all the time, next to PL/I and REXX, in the 
> form of Virtual Pascal (VP), which is just as "dead" as Turbo/Borland 
> Pascal, but at least it allows me to create 32-bit executables that 
> still run on 64-bit Windoze (W7 in my case).
> 
> I've tried FreePascal a few times, and it doesn't support one feature 
> that was in TP/BP from V4 when Borland introduced the "unit" feature, it 
> eliminates variables that are part of a single "const" declaration.
> 
> And the IDE and debugger suck, suck big time!
> 
> Of course VP has the major disadvantage that it doesn't natively support 
> anything after the Pentium in the built-in assembler, so to use 
> post-Pentium instructions you will have to hark back to TP 1/2/3 times, 
> and code the instructions using db/dw/dd definitions and debugging them 
> is a bit tricky, to say the least. My "lift" program uses both MMX, P6 
> (conditional moves), and even AVX instructions!
> 
> If you want to see some of my (badly commented) code, it can be found 
> via the links on 
> <https://prino.neocities.org/miscellaneous/hitchtech.html> and there's a 
> link to the "manual" next to it. You need "lift32bit.rar" and the input 
> file for the main "lift" program is in liftdat.rar". "lift32bit.rar" 
> also contains the executables and VPO files, although the latter are 
> obviously specific, directory-wise, for my system. The final (60th!) 
> 16-bit TP 3 version can also be found on the same page, it runs in 
> DOSBox-X.
> 
> Anyway to come back to your post after this senseless blabbering, I 
> might consider reposting the mini-FAQ occasionally, if and when there's 
> some activity in the group.
> 
> Robert


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Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2025-02-03 11:44 +0100
  Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-02-03 21:44 +0000
    Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2025-02-07 07:37 +0100
      Re: CLPB Mini FAQ v2.08 - Final Robert Prins <robert@prino.org> - 2025-02-08 12:40 +0000

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