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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 2h

The Pascal Magazin is a new German magazine about #Pascal programming and #Lazarus, covering current news as well as tips and hacks for developers.

Das Pascal-Magazine ist eine deutsche Online-Zeitschrift zur Entwicklung mit Pascal und Lazarus mit Neuigkeiten, Tipps und Tricks.

pascalmagazin.de

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 7h

PASTA/80 is a Turbo Pascal 3.0-compatible compiler that generates native machine code for classic and modern #Z80 machines.

#Pascal #programming #pasta80

github.com/pleumann/pas...

Graphical demo app written in Pascal with PASTA/80.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 9h

This cross-platform RPN calculator has been written in #Object_Pascal with the #Lazarus IDE for the #Free_Pascal compiler. Source code has been made available.

TrurlTeam @teamtrurl.bsky.social · 9h

A new #TRURL app has been released. TRURL B follows the design of the famous calculators created by Dietrich Lubs and Dieter Rams for the German company Braun.

It implements all fundamental operations plus power, square, square root, and the inverse operation.

sourceforge.net/projects/tru...

Screenshot of TRURL B on macOS Ventura 13.7.8

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 15h

This is the next version of a class library for creating virtual RPN calculators in Object Pascal.

TrurlTeam @teamtrurl.bsky.social · 15h

The RPN engine of the #TRURL project has been released in version 1.2 (Gimel). This new version introduces a square function for your calculator apps.

#RPN #Reverse_Polish_Notation #Pascal programming.

trurl.sourceforge.io
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Screenshot of the Lazarus IDE with TRURL's RPN engine and a test app using this library and FPCUnit.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 15h

The Segmitator, as part of the TRURL project, is a library for the creation of virtual 7-segment displays in Object Pascal. It is useful, e.g. for the creation of calculator apps.

TrurlTeam @teamtrurl.bsky.social · 15h

TRURL's #Segmitator 1.2 has been released. The new version includes support for high-res displays, setting the size of the decimal separator, and output of limited length.

#TRURL

trurl.sourceforge.io

Screenshot for a test app of Segmitator 1.2. It shows how the input number 4.2E-6 is displayed (as 42E-7) in both text mode and as a graphic representation.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 1d

In 1979, Apple introduced Apple Pascal along with the Apple Pascal Operating System for the Apple II. It paved the way for later Apple OSes, including SOS, #Lisa_OS, and #Mac_OS (which were written in #Pascal as well). Choosing Pascal laid the foundation for the high stability of Apple's OSes.

Add for Apple's Pascal, ca. 1979. Text and image on paper, with the option to iron an image on a t-shirt.

From the text:
"Apple lets you get personal with Pascal.

There's only one logical way to find out what a person wants in a personal computer. Ask the person who'll be using one. At Apple, we've been very successful at identifying just what people look for in com-puters. And then providing them with it. In spades. For serious enthusiasts, this means making available sophisticated innovations that are often conspicuously absent from other personal computers. Like Pascal. Apple II is one of the few personal computers that has it. And when you turn this page and feast vour eves on the many advantages this level, general-purpose language has to offer, you'll see why that's very good news indeed.

When you've got it, flaunt it. If you'd like to let the world know who speaks Pascal, here's how: Follow the dotted line and cut out the transfer image above Preheat iron dry-woo setting) tor 3 minutes. Slip garment on ironing board over scrap material. Remove wrinkles. Position transfer face down and pin edges to ironing board cover. Iron transfer slowly too hot. vet transter coo for one minute. then undin and slowiv on transter straight un. Results are best wher oshirt is at least 50% polvester."

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 1d

The International Pascal User Group is in the starting blocks. Goals include fundraising for new features in #Delphi, #Lazarus and #Free-Pascal and support for members. Membership discounts for the Blaise Pascal magazine, books, courses and conferences.

www.blaisepascalmagazine.eu/internationa...

Symbolic description of the International Pascal User Group (IPUG) with a picture of Blaise Pascal's head, a rainbow, and icons for Lazarus and Delphi. From the text: "We are introducing the International Pascal User Group membership: IPUG. Objective: support for the FOUNDATION SUPPORT PASCAL (FSP) (St. Ondersteuning Programmeertaal Pascal, Netherlands,
affiliated with the Blaise Pascal Magazine which is part of this Dutch foundation)"

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 2d

A modern high-resolution version has recently been recreated by @nanoraptor.danamania.com as editable PDF and SVG files. They can be downloaded from www.applefritter.com/content/appl...

Apple pascal poster, remade | Applefritter

https://www.applefritter.com/content/apple-pascal-poster-remade

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 2d

Apple's legendary #Pascal syntax poster from 1979. It was created by Jef Raskin to adapt the syntax of Bill Atkinson’s #Apple_Pascal compiler. The poster was over the desk of every programmer at #Apple and over the desks of many programmers outside of Apple.

vintagecomputer.ca/the-history-...

The Apple Pascal Poster. This poster depicts graphically the Syntax of the Pascal programming language. Coloured line graphic on a black background.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · 2d

After the first experimental code had been written in #UCSD_Pascal, the majority of #Lisa_OS was written in #Lisa_Pascal. The first versions of #Mac_OS and applications for Lisa OS were written in #Clascal, an early version of #Object_Pascal. The coevolution of #Pascal and Apple OSes is interesting.

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PeaZip @peazip.bsky.social · 3d

PeaZip 10.7.0 is ready!
This update introduces an extensive sources refactoring, improves error handling and preview features, enhances the file manager and adds new integrated text viewer and image viewer tools.
Read the full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

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NDXDev @ndxdev.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 Plonge dans FreePascal & Lazarus avec ma formation GRATUITE !
20 modules structurés : bases (variables, boucles, structures), POO, GUI multi-plateforme, bases de données, API REST... De débutant à intermédiaire, en français !
👉 github.com/NDXDeveloper...
#FreePascal #Lazarus

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Johannes W. Dietrich @drjwdietrich.bsky.social · Sep 7

Are you researching #endocrine #feedback control systems?

Our Research Topic "Mechanistic, Machine Learning and Hybrid Models of the 'Other' Endocrine Regulatory Systems in Health and Disease: Volume II" is still open for submission.

www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

#endocrinology #cybernetics

Screenshot of the web site of the Research Topic "Mechanistic, Machine Learning and Hybrid Models of the 'Other' Endocrine Regulatory Systems in Health and Disease: Volume II" in Frontiers in Systems Endocrinology

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Benjamin Rosseaux @rosseaux.bsky.social · Sep 6

youtu.be/K6HY_vxY6a4

PALM - Pascal-native LLM interference engine #ai #llm #pascal #lazarus #delphi #objectpascal Uses "no" llama.cpp or something like that!

PALM - Pascal-native LLM interference engine

YouTube video by Benjamin Rosseaux

youtu.be

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Castle Game Engine @castle-engine.io · Sep 7

Ton of mobile (iOS, Android) improvements: iOS + OpenGL3, Google Play Biling upgrade, shadow maps precision, more

As we're preparing to release Castle Model Viewer on iOS, we've done a number of improvements to our mobile support for both iOS and Android: With big thanks to Jan Adamec, we have:…

Ton of mobile (iOS, Android) improvements: iOS + OpenGL3, Google Play Biling upgrade, shadow maps precision, more

As we're preparing to release Castle Model Viewer on iOS, we've done a number of improvements to our mobile support for both iOS and Android: With big thanks to Jan Adamec, we have: Upgraded our OpenGLES usage on iOS to OpenGES 3 (if only your system supports it; otherwise we still fallback to OpenGLES 2). This brings features like shadow maps to iOS rendering.

castle-engine.io

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tinyBigGAMES @tinybiggames.com · Aug 27

🚀 Parse() - Universal Language Engine!
Build programming languages & compilers with a clean Pascal API over LLVM + JIT.
Create languages, not just programs!
Links:
parse-ule.org (homepage)
www.facebook.com/groups/parse (fb group)
#GameDev #IndieDev #LLVM #Delphi

Parse - Universal Language Engine

Build custom programming languages with a fluent API and compile them to native code via LLVM. Define grammar rules at runtime and generate optimized machine code.

parse-ule.org

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Sep 5

hackaday.com/2025/09/02/t...

The Case For Pascal, 55 Years On

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in the world of computing. Does anyone still use Pascal in 2025? Quite …

hackaday.com

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pascal's comeback is continuing...

www.index.dev/blog/most-po...

Screenshot from index.dev: Delphi/Object Pascal is making a comeback.

Moved from #12 to #9, showing a noticeable jump.

This could indicate:
A resurgence in legacy applications requiring maintenance.
A niche but loyal developer base keeping it alive.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Sep 5

youtu.be/dwnaR0687iI?...

Why You Should Be Programming PASCAL in 2025

YouTube video by Code With Huw

youtu.be

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Lazarus Icon is inspired by Free Pascal's cheetah theme.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Aug 30

In parallel, the 17th German Lazarus Conference (17. Lazarus-Konferenz 2025) will take place in Sundern with symposia shared with the Pascal Conference.

lazarus-konferenz.de

Lazarus-Konferenz - Home

lazarus-konferenz.de

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Aug 30

Announcing the 2025 Pascal Conference
in Sundern, Germany, 18-21 September

pascalconference.com

Banner image of the 2025 Pascal Conference with portraits of the invited keynote speakers.

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Aug 30

Issue #126 of the Blaise Pascal Magazine: ZIP puzzle solver in #Pascal, Resizing images, shaped buttons and sprites with #Lazarus and #Object_Pascal, multiple articles on AI and infos to the upcoming Pascal Conference 2025.

www.blaisepascalmagazine.eu

Title page of the Blaise Pascal Magazine #126

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Scientific Pascal @scipastips.bsky.social · Aug 28

hackaday.com?p=808887

Pascal? On My Arduino? It’s More Likely Than You Think

The Arduino ecosystem is an amazing learning tool, but even those of us who love it admit that even the simplified C Arduino uses isn’t the ideal teaching language. Those of us who remember l…

hackaday.com

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silvercoder70.bsky.social @silvercoder70.bsky.social · Aug 16

Next video starts as a tutorial for a "DB App", then turns into live coding session after a couple of IDE hiccups and my own blunders. Sigh! Anyways, come along for the ride and see how it all unfolds:

👉 youtu.be/0gyg05GgnNk

#FreePascal #PascalProgramming #DatabaseApp #CodeWithMe #LazarusIDE

Code With Me | Database App in Free Pascal (Tutorial Turns Into Unfiltered Chaos)

YouTube video by The Silver Pascal Coder

youtu.be

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