Component Pascal compiler

Component Pascal compiler is a minimalistic cross-platform compiler for Component Pascal language, subset of BlackBox Component Builder 1.6 RC5 (forked subsystem Dev), capable to produce stand-alone software from command-line.

• Licenses: BSD-style for front-end, BlackBox Component Builder Open Source License - for backend
• Supported platforms: IA-32 (subset of x86);
• Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP, Linux 2.6;
• Produces:
  • OS-independent code and symbol files (.ocf, .osf), limited to architecture IA-32
  • native shared libraries or executables (.exe/.dll/.so) in PE/ELF file formats
• Input source code: plain text files of Component Pascal code in .cp

• compiler reports about first compilation error only, but includes total number of errors;
• compiler able to compile one module per project only, so linker may report about missed modules, otherwise if there are compiled before;
• executable format of ELF is not supported yet;
• usage of BlackBox's framework is very limited because many parts of it has not been ported/adapted. Still you can use underlying OS API calls and libraries, such as libc,GTK+/WinAPI.

Minimal set of subsystems is: Host(HostFiles only), System and OS-specific subsystems (Win for Windows, Lin for Linux).

Tested on OpenSUSE 10.3 and Ubuntu 10.4.

• Linux kernel 2.6 [not tested on 2.4]
• glibc (libc.so.6)
• libdl (libdl.so.2)

Tested on Windows XP SP2, but need work in Windows NT/2000 too.

This project is available thanks to:

• Oberon Microsystems, for open-source project BlackBox Component Builder
• OpenBUGS project, for porting to Linux most of host-dependent source code
• Dmitry Solomennikov, for his work on additional port of BlackBox to Linux
• forum OberonCore, for advices from developers

See Documentation.

• Back-end (CDev subsystem and all dependendies) source code distributed under original BlackBox Component Builder Open Source License.
• Front-end (CPcc) source code distributed under BSD-style license.

Download source and binaries from Component Pascal compiler at SourceForge.net.

— Romiras 10/05/2010