Andy,   
      
   > Sadly Pascal seems to be greatly undervalued these days.   
   > gpc appears to have been left to rot.   
      
      It is, however, available on Debian Linux...   
      
      
   >  There's FreePascal though,   
      
      Also available on Debian.   
      
      
   >  which makes me think   
   >  I should set up a Linux machine and perhaps buy a book on it.   
   >  I'm no sure what libraries that would give me access to.   
      
       You mean, associated with the compiler install?   As a for instance, the   
   following "units" packages are available for Free Pascal on Debian:   
   fp-units-fv, fp-units-multimedia, fp-units-gnome1, fp-units-fcl,   
   fp-units-base, fp-units-gfx, fp-units-gtk, fp-units-gtk2, fp-units-i386, &   
   fp-units-misc.   
      
       I sometimes think about trying my hand at it again but it's been a _long_   
   time since I did anything with Pascal...   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   Jame   
      
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