Hi, I am starting to learn Pascal as a personal project but need an IDE/compiler. Does anybody know of a good IDE+compiler in one that they use which has the usual features like line numbers and decent debuggers. Also I need a compiler which is not written in C or C++ but rather a compiler that is written in Punch Cards or the language that the original Pascal compilers were written in. Please advice. cwarn23
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Jump to PostWhat you mean Punch Cards, that is media, not computer language.
Language of implementation is typicallyl Pascal, so the compiler is self hosting:
The first Pascal compiler was designed in Zürich for the CDC 6000 series mainframe computer family. Niklaus Wirth reports that a first attempt to implement it …
Jump to PostLooks like you are confusing issues: language used to write compiler and end product of compiler produces. Compiler written in Scheme could produce linkable assembler, which could suffice, or Java byte code or C++.
Jump to PostLazarus is made in Free Pasca a language very similar to Delphi.
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