Re: Linux Pascal
  By: John Dailey to Mark Hoover on Sun Mar 14 2004 17:09:00

 > In my case, I'd prefer a compiler where I can issue a single directive to
 > "break" the way it builds the app.  That way, it's
standards compliant, but
 > with a flip of a switch, I can emulate all those old bugs.
 > 
 > FreePascal actually has two checkboxes for TP/BP and Delphi compiler support
 > - though I'm not sure if it actually emulates the bugs as well.

Yeah, FreePascal does a good job as far as Borland compatability is
concerned... however, a lot of the OS-specific functions are not exactly
identical, merely close.  File locking is a particularily tricky area.

Also, with the (possible) exception of the Linux port, the various *nix ports
RTL are flat out wrong a in a number of places.
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