The GNU Pascal Manual
                       Jan-Jaap van der Heijden,
                         Peter Gerwinski,
                         Frank Heckenbach,
                          Berend de Boer,
                          Dominik Freche,
                           Eike Lange,
                          Peter N Lewis,
                           and others
                        Last updated Jan 2005
                for version 20050331 (GCC 2.8.1, 2.95.x, 3.2.x, 3.3.x or 3.4.x)
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        For GPC 20050331 (GCC 2.8.1, 2.95.x, 3.2.x, 3.3.x or 3.4.x)
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               Short Contents
               GNUPascal......................................... 1
               Welcome to GNU Pascal ... ............................. 3
               1   Some of GPC’s most interesting features................... 5
               2   New Features of GNU Pascal. ......................... 9
               3   The GNU Pascal Frequently Asked Questions List. .......... 15
               4   How to download, compile and install GNU Pascal........... 27
               5   Command Line Options supported by GNU Pascal........... 35
               6   The Programmer’s Guide to GPC...................... 47
               7   AQuickStart Guide from Borland Pascal to GNU Pascal...... 237
               8   The Alphabetical GPC Language Reference .............. 257
               9   Pascal keywords and operators supported by GNU Pascal. .... 453
               10  Where to get support for GNU Pascal; how to report bugs..... 459
               11  The GNU Pascal To-Do List. ........................ 465
               12  The GPC Source Reference.......................... 475
               Appendix A GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE............ 491
               Appendix B   GNULESSERGENERALPUBLICLICENSE ..... 497
               Appendix C DEMO COPYING......................... 505
               Appendix D Contributors to GNU Pascal................... 507
               Appendix E   Resources For Use With GPC.................. 513
               Appendix F   The GNU Project.......................... 517
               Index-GPC........................................ 527
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