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FPC 3.2.0 Released ! (Announce)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 25.06.2020, 11:14

> > fpc-3.0.4.i386-win32.cross.i8086-msdos.exe 2017-11-27 25.0 MB
> > fpc-3.2.0.i386-win32.cross.i8086-msdos.exe 2020-06-16 168.2 MB
>
> That's a lot of improvement!

It is because of support for more memory models (like in Borland C compilers) - tine, large, huge, etc.

I have no strong opinion about it. But I was always quite happy that in Turbo pascal I don't have to care about these things. (There are only compiler directives $F- and $F+)

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DOS-u-akbar!

Complete thread:

• FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 21.06.2020, 11:02 (Announce)
  • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - glennmcc, 23.06.2020, 06:11
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 23.06.2020, 09:13
  • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 25.06.2020, 08:48
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Laaca, 25.06.2020, 11:14
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 25.06.2020, 23:26
        • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 26.06.2020, 01:21
          • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 26.06.2020, 12:13
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 26.06.2020, 01:16
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 25.06.2020, 23:22
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - DosWorld, 26.06.2020, 17:05
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 26.06.2020, 21:46
        • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 09.09.2020, 20:51