Sorry for the question.

**Kyle** · 19-01-2005, 01:40 AM

Im sorry in advance for such a noob question. However, im currently working in Vb and C/++ , trying to venture into Pascal. I love Pascal, i actually need to learn it to write macro scripts for a game called Runescape. Well, i need a compiler. I use Windows XP, and tried Freepascal and turbo, but cant get them to run correctly. Any suggestions?? Thanks for your time !

kyle

**cairnswm** · 19-01-2005, 05:34 AM

Newbies are welcome on this site. Noone gets upset here about newbie questions so no need to apologise (I actually get upsety by the apology

)

The easiest free pascal compiler and IDE to get working is Lazarus (which uses FreePascal as the compiler) - currently there is a lot of effort being put in on this site to get people using Lazarus so look around as there is an introductory post about getting it working avaialble (under the freepascal forum I think)

**{MSX}** · 19-01-2005, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Kyle

im currently working in Vb and C/++ , trying to venture into Pascal.

Good choice!

Follow the Right Way :mrgreen:

About the compiler, if you tried freepascal, you're right. Maybe you could tell us what problem you got.. You could post the output too.
Bye!

**Kyle** · 19-01-2005, 09:16 PM

wow thanks alot guys. Great site, im used to getting flamed for asking questions like that.

**Traveler** · 19-01-2005, 10:44 PM

Wow thanks alot guys. Great site, im used to getting flamed for asking questions like that.

There's nothing wrong with the question. I don't see why you should get flamed for that. It is a bit vague though. Like {MSX} said, tell us more about the errors, if you have them or at least why you think its not working properly.

**Robert Kosek** · 20-01-2005, 12:50 AM

You'll find this to be a very friendly community. Any more details you could give us?

**WILL** · 20-01-2005, 02:07 AM

Welcome to PGD Kyle.

Yes many sites you'd find that you'd easily get flammed or have a pot-shot taken at you in no time at all, but this is mostly due to a lack of either maturity or simply bad attitudes. I (and most others here) like to promote newcomers and new programmers alike. Bitting someones head off for asking a question is frowned upon here so if you see it here, it's rare and won't become the norm.

As for your Pascal questions, There are some greate compilers for not only Windows, but many other great platforms. The hottest of them right now is Free Pascal as it supports a ton of platforms(Win32, Linux, Mac OS (Classic and X), BeOS and we're working at trying to get GameBoy Advanced in there too *crossing fingers* but give it time

). GNU Pascal is another, but it's basically a front layer for GCC. Then, of course, there is good ole' Delphi and Kylix. Lazarus is a very nice IDE for Free Pascal and is developing quite fast lately.

If you want to try your hand a PalmOS there is a few PP Compiler(opensource, but lacking in docs), HSPascal(made by a former Turbo Pascal developer, but status a little fuzzy) and PocketStudio(commercial, but pretty good).

I hope that helps to shed some light on the Pascal compiler situation. APIs and libraries... well... thats a whole other world of answers there there are plenty.

**Kyle** · 20-01-2005, 08:31 PM

Ok thanks. I now have Free Pacal installed. I was looking into Lazarus also but the site only offered a linux compatible version. Now that i know how helpful you all are i will ask one more thing just to clarify .. Delphi is not the same as Pascal, but it uses it to create applications?? I mean its a language, but theres also a compiler called delphi from borland?? I guess what im trying to ask is, how are Pascal and Delphi related??

Thanks for all your help.

**Robert Kosek** · 20-01-2005, 08:47 PM

Ok, Delphi uses Pascal ... though in it's own style. Pascal is the language, though Borland has made "adustments" and "enhancements".

FreePascal is a little different, though it still uses pascal. Again the language is fundamentally the same, though the style/use is slightly different.

I hope you enjoy your stay!

**Ultra** · 20-01-2005, 10:29 PM

Also it might be a good idea to mention that FreePascal supports the Delphi style of pascal. All you have to do is write {$MODE DELPHI} in your source. Personally I have never used FreePascal's own dialect I've only used the Delphi dialect with it.