Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) Project Initiated
Michaël van Canneyt, Florian Müller, and Marco van de Voort started the Free Pascal Compiler project, aiming for a Turbo Pascal-compatible, multi-platform compiler.
Significance
This laid the essential foundation for Lazarus, providing the robust, open-source Pascal compiler upon which the entire IDE would eventually be built.
Key facts
- Date
- 1993-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Global (distributed)