Pascal 8000 (AAEC)

Pascal 8000 (otherwise known as AAEC Pascal , for the agency that sponsored its development) is a Pascal Compiler for the IBM/370 mainframe computer on the MVS Operating System created by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC). Developed in 1978, it handles Standard Pascal with a few minor enhancements. The compiler, as was common practice at the time, Provides:

• Multiple error detection for source errors, where when an error is detected, it points out where in the source code where it happens, and then skips over the error t the next best point to continue scanning for more possible errors.
• If requested through a compiler switch, will warn if using any non-standard features.
• Creates a formatted listing o the program, with a block checker (increments by 1 at a BEGIN statement, decrements by 1 at an END statement.
• Offers an optional non-standard LOOP/END construct, providing an endless loop until explicitly exited by the EXIT pseudo-procedure. The construct is the functional equivalent of REPEAT ... UNTIL FALSE.
• Offers an optional predeclared array initialization through a VALUE declaration section, coming after the VAR section.

The entire compiler, sources and binaries, is available on GitHub at https://github.com/electric-socket/pascal8000. The program can be considered abandonware, as the Australian Atomic Energy Commission no longer exists.

Various Pascal Compilers: Pascal 8000 (AAEC) | Alice Pascal | Apple Pascal | Borland Pascal | Clascal | Delphi | Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) | GNU Pascal | Kylix | Lisa Pascal | Mac Pascal | Metrowerks Pascal | NBS Pascal | OMSI Pascal | PascalABC.net | P32 | Sibyl | Smart Pascal | Stanford Pascal Compiler | Swedish Pascal | THINK Pascal | Turbo Pascal | UCSD Pascal | VAX Pascal | Virtual Pascal | winsoft PocketStudio

An extensive list of compilers was maintained at Pascaland (Internet Archive Version) up to January 2018.

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