Wirthx is an experimental pascal compiler.\nThe language is named after Niklaus Wirth the creator of pascal.<\/p>\n
The compiler is based on llvm and will generate a native binary for the target plattform.\nFor now only [!WARNING]<\/p>\n The compiler will generate a native executable based on the program name defined in the program unit.<\/p>\n wirthx Wirthx is an experimental pascal compiler. The language is named after Niklaus Wirth the creator of pascal. Compiler The […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silver-boards.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}linux-x86-64<\/code> and win64<\/code> are supported.<\/p>\nCurrent Restrictions<\/h2>\n
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set<\/code> types<\/li>\nfile<\/code> types with a sub type<\/li>\npacked<\/code> types<\/li>\nclass<\/code> or object<\/code> types<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\nOptions<\/h3>\n
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\n Option<\/strong><\/th>\n Values<\/strong><\/th>\n Description<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n \n –run<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n
-r<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Runs the compiled program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –debug<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Creates a debug build<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –release<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Creates a release build<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –rtl<\/td>\n path<\/td>\n sets the path for the rtl (run time library)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –output<\/td>\n path<\/td>\n sets the output \/ build directory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –llvm-ir<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Outputs the LLVM-IR to the standard error output<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –help<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Outputs the program help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –version<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Prints the current version of the compiler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n –lsp<\/td>\n <\/td>\n runs the compiler in the language server mode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Usage<\/h1>\n
wirthx testfiles\/hello.pas<\/code><\/pre>\nExecuting the compiler<\/h2>\n
wirthx -c testfiles\/hello.pas<\/code><\/pre>\nExamples<\/h1>\n
Hello World<\/h2>\n
program test;\n\nbegin\n Writeln('Hello World');\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nFunctions<\/h2>\n
program test;\n\n function addx(a : integer;b :integer): integer;\n begin\n addx := a + b;\n end;\nvar\n my_var : integer;\nbegin\n my_var := addx(1,2);\n Writeln(my_var);\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nProcedures<\/h2>\n
program test;\n\n procedure my_inc(var value: integer);\n begin\n value := value + 1;\n end;\nvar\n my_var : integer := 10;\nbegin\n my_inc(my_var);\n Writeln(my_var);\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nRecords<\/h2>\n
program test;\n\n type Vec2 = record\n x : int64;\n y : int64;\n end;\n\n \/\/ pass the vector as a reference \n procedure vec2_inc(var t : Vec2); \n begin\n t.x := t.x + 1;\n t.y := t.y + 1;\n end;\nvar\n myvec : Vec2;\nbegin\n myvec.x := 2;\n myvec.y := 3;\n vec2_inc(myvec);\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nConditions<\/h2>\n
program test;\nvar\n test : integer = 20;\nbegin\n if test mod 2 then\n writeln('20 is divisible by 2 without a reminder.');\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nFor – Loops<\/h2>\n
program test;\nvar\n i : integer;\nbegin\n for i:= 1 to 20 do\n writeln(i);\nend.<\/code><\/pre>\nWhile Loops<\/h2>\n
program test;\nvar\n loop_var : integer = 20;\nbegin\n while loop_var > 0 do\n begin\n writeln(loop_var);\n loop_var := loop_var - 1;\n end;\nend.<\/code><\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"