Before we study basic building blocks of the Pascal programming language, let us look a bare minimum Pascal program structure so that we can take it as a reference in upcoming chapters.

It describes some of the peculiarities of the Free Pascal compiler, and provides a glimpse of how the compiler generates its code, and how you can change the generated code.

I wanted to describe the modern Object Pascal: programming language with classes, units, generics, interfaces and other modern features you expect. I wanted to show how all the …

Pascal statements are structured by the syntax of the programming language: • 5 := num Syntactically incorrect: the left hand side of an assignment statement cannot be a literal constant.

It describes the installation and use of the Free Pascal compiler on the different supported platforms. It does not attempt to give an exhaustive list of all supported commands, nor a …

Pascal was a master of epigram and condensation. Much of the secret of his stylistic success is knowing what to leave out—as in Japanese flower arranging or Chinese landscape painting.

It describes all Pascal constructs supported by Free Pascal, and lists all supported data types. It does not, however, give a detailed explanation of the Pascal language: it is not a tuto-rial.