Irie Pascal

Irie Pascal is a tool used to create executable programs (sometimes referred to just as executables for short) using the Pascal programming language.

Irie Pascal includes a compiler which is used to generate portable byte-code executables from Pascal source files, and an interpreter that runs the byte-code executables.

There is an edition of Irie Pascal for each of the five supported operating systems, and executables generated by any edition of Irie Pascal can run on any of the supported operating systems. The five supported operating systems are: (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris/x86, and Solaris/Sparc).

The Windows Edition of Irie Pascal includes an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that simplifies the process of creating executables, by allowing you to edit, compile, and run your programs, using a simple graphical user interface.

CGI Irie Pascal's ability to generate executables which run on multiple operating systems make it ideally suited for creating internet applications (since no one operating system platform is dominant on the internet). The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a simple but powerful protocol for creating server side internet applications. Irie Pascal assists the creation of CGI scripts with built-in support for decoding and parsing URL encoded strings, programming databases, and sending email.

Standard Pascal Irie Pascal is highly compatible with Standard (ISO/IEC 7185) Pascal. This high level of compatibility means that Irie Pascal shares Standard Pascal's strengths as a first language for beginners. These strengths include readable syntax, and extensive compile-time and run-time checking.

Irie Pascal supports many extensions to Standard Pascal, particularly in the areas of string and file/directory processing, which make it useful for creating quick programs and utilities. Irie Pascal's automatic run-time checking make it useful for creating "quick and dirty" programs (i.e. programs that are expected to be run only a few times or by only a few people and thus may not be worth spending a lot of time on).

Limitations:

￭ The evaluation version of Irie Pascal is limited in the size of programs that it will compile, and programs compiled by this evaluation version expire the next day.