Free Pascal

E209548

Pascal compiler compiler cross-platform software free software open-source software

Free Pascal is an open-source, cross-platform Pascal compiler known for its Delphi compatibility and support for a wide range of architectures and operating systems.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Free Pascal canonical	5
Free Pascal Compiler	3
Free Pascal team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1885014 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Free Pascal
Context triple: [Lazarus IDE, usesCompiler, Free Pascal]

A. Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
B. Pascal
Pascal is a high-level, strongly typed procedural programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s, widely used for teaching structured programming and data structuring concepts.
C. Pascal
Pascal is a French surname most famously associated with Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher.
D. Delphi (programming language)
Delphi is an object-oriented, rapid application development programming language and environment derived from Pascal, primarily used for building native Windows applications.
E. GNU Pascal
GNU Pascal is a free, open-source Pascal compiler that is part of the GNU project and designed to be compatible with various Pascal standards.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Free Pascal
Target entity description: Free Pascal is an open-source, cross-platform Pascal compiler known for its Delphi compatibility and support for a wide range of architectures and operating systems.

A. Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
B. Pascal
Pascal is a high-level, strongly typed procedural programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s, widely used for teaching structured programming and data structuring concepts.
C. Pascal
Pascal is a French surname most famously associated with Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher.
D. Delphi (programming language)
Delphi is an object-oriented, rapid application development programming language and environment derived from Pascal, primarily used for building native Windows applications.
E. GNU Pascal
GNU Pascal is a free, open-source Pascal compiler that is part of the GNU project and designed to be compatible with various Pascal standards.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pascal compiler ⓘ compiler ⓘ cross-platform software ⓘ free software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ
developmentModel	community-driven ⓘ
hasAssociatedProject	Lazarus ⓘ
hasFeature	Delphi (programming language) ⓘ surface form: Delphi compatibility Turbo Pascal compatibility ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ cross-compilation ⓘ generics support ⓘ inline assembly ⓘ object-oriented programming support ⓘ operator overloading ⓘ optimizing compiler ⓘ units and packages ⓘ
isFreeSoftware	true ⓘ
isOpenSource	true ⓘ
license	GNU General Public License ⓘ modified LGPL for runtime libraries ⓘ
originalAuthor	Florian Klaempfl ⓘ
outputFormat	executables ⓘ libraries ⓘ native machine code ⓘ
primaryDeveloper	Free Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Free Pascal team
programmingLanguage	Pascal ⓘ
supportsArchitecture	ARMv8-A ⓘ surface form: AArch64 ARM ⓘ AVR microcontrollers ⓘ surface form: AVR JVM bytecode ⓘ MIPS ⓘ Motorola 68000 family ⓘ surface form: Motorola 680x0 PowerPC ⓘ SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ surface form: SPARC x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ
supportsLanguage	Delphi dialect of Object Pascal ⓘ Delphi (programming language) ⓘ surface form: Object Pascal
supportsOperatingSystem	Android ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ surface form: DOS FreeBSD ⓘ Haiku ⓘ Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OS/2 ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ surface form: Solaris Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ
supportsParadigm	generic programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ
supportsStandard	ISO Pascal (partially) ⓘ Object Pascal extensions ⓘ
targetAudience	Delphi developers ⓘ Pascal developers ⓘ
usedWith	Lazarus IDE ⓘ
website	https://www.freepascal.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lazarus IDE → usesCompiler → Free Pascal ⓘ

Free Pascal → primaryDeveloper → Free Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Pascal team

Lazarus Component Library → usedWith → Free Pascal ⓘ

Lazarus Component Library → compatibleWith → Free Pascal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Pascal Compiler

LCL → programmingLanguage → Free Pascal ⓘ

LCL → supportsLanguage → Free Pascal ⓘ

LCL → compatibleWith → Free Pascal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Pascal Compiler

fpGUI → programmingLanguage → Free Pascal ⓘ

fpGUI → dependency → Free Pascal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Pascal Compiler

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Referenced by (9)

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