Computers compute and programming languages enable us, humans, to tell them what to compute for us. Free Pascal stays true to classical Wirth’s Pascal and in this video you will see how you can print the addition and subtraction of two numbers, the old terminal school style:
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In the end, you will see how to format floating point numbers so that the decimal places line up.
I have found an awesome series of Free Pascal tutorials using Lazarus, on YouTube. The series starts with the basics, what a free pascal actually is. Here it is:
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Lazarus is an IDE for Free Pascal, that is, it is a working environment. Once you get hold on Lazarus on one platform, you can use it on other platforms just as well. The motto of Lazarus is Write Once, Compile Anywhere! and it actually holds on to that promise!