Before we study basic building blocks of the Pascal programming language, let us look a bare minimum Pascal program structure so that we can take it as a reference in upcoming chapters.

Statements: Pascal statement is an instruction or a group of instruction that causes the computer to carry out certain actions. Assign a data item to a variable (Assignment statement) Transfer program …

It describes all Pascal constructs supported by Free Pascal, and lists all supported data types. It does not, however, give a detailed explanation of the Pascal language: it is not a tuto-rial.

I wanted to describe the modern Object Pascal: programming language with classes, units, generics, interfaces and other modern features you expect. I wanted to show how all the language features, …

Syntax display boxes are used to describe the syn tax of each new Pascal statement as it is introduced, while Program Style boxes discuss the importance of good programming style.

CONTENTS PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS 1.1 PROGRAMS 1 1.2 STRUCTURE 3 1.3 AN INFORMAL INTRODUCTION TO PASCAL 5 1.4 COMPILATION AND EXECUTION 8 1.5 REPRESENTATION …

This standard is primarily a consequence of the growing commercial interest in Pascal and the need to promote the portability of Pascal programs between data processing systems. In drafting this …