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- Register of Copyrights for GNU Pascal
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- Jukka Virtanen
- invented GNU Pascal in March 1988, implemented the ISO-7185 and
- most of the ISO-10206 standard, etc.
-
- He created all files except those listed below, based on the GCC
- source.
-
- Dr. Peter Gerwinski (http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~peter/)
- added Borland-Pascal-related and other extensions to GNU Pascal in
- summer 1995, ported GPC to EMX, does most of the development of
- the compiler since 1996, created and maintains the WWW home page,
- maintains the GNU Pascal mailing list, does some other
- administrative stuff, etc.
-
- He created `gpc-nodes.def', `rts/move.pas', the files in
- `config/emx/', and those in `doc/' (together with Jan-Jaap), and
- extensively modified all files.
-
- Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
- ported GPC to DJGPP and to Microsoft Windows 95/NT, added ELF
- support in spring 1996, solved a lot of configuration and
- compatibility problems, created the GPC FAQ, etc.
-
- He created `Make-lang.in', `Makefile.in', `lang-options.h',
- `lang-specs.h', the files in `config/' (except those in
- `config/emx/'), the files in `doc/' (together with Peter),
- `rts/Make*', and `rts/config*', and modified `module.c' and most
- other files.
-
- Frank Heckenbach (http://fjf.gnu.de/)
- rewrote and maintains the Run Time System since July 1997, wrote
- most of the standard units distributed with GPC (including BP
- compatibility units), wrote a large number of test programs,
- maintains the GPC To-Do list etc.
-
- He created most files in `units/', `demos/' and `script/', and the
- Pascal files in `rts/', modified all files in `rts/' and most
- files in `doc/', created many files in `test/'.
-
- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku ("The African Chief") (http://www.bigfoot.com/~african_chief/)
- created the original versions of many BP compatibility units in May
- 1997, contributed code to other units and the Run Time System,
- helped porting GPC and the units to Cygwin and Mingw, wrote a
- number of test programs, contributed a Delphi-compatible `SysUtils'
- unit (ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/chief/), etc.
-
- He created `units/gpcutil.pas', parts of `units/system.pas' and
- `rts/filename.pas' and a number of files in `test/'.
-
- Nick Burrett
- fixed some bugs and cleaned up GPC in May 1998, etc.
-
- He modified `gpc-common.c', `parse.y', `module.c' and some other
- files.
-
- Matthias Klose
- integrated GPC into EGCS and Debian GNU/Linux in May 1998, improved
- the installation process, etc.
-
- He modified `Makefile*', `configure' scripts and many other files.
-
- Dominik Freche
- improved and extended the GPC manual in August-September 1999,
- wrote conversion routines for Borland compatible 6 Byte floating
- point numbers in December 1999.
-
- He modified `doc/reference.texi', `doc/programming.texi', and
- `units/system.pas' and created some files in `test/'.
-
- Alexey Volokhov
- improved the performance of GPC's module/unit support in June 1997.
-
- He created `gpi-hash.c', `gpi-hash.h', and `circle-buf.c', and
- extensively modified `module.c'.
-
- Bill Currie
- implemented more Borland extensions into GPC in July 1997.
-
- He modified `parse.y', `util.c', and `rts.c'.
-
- All authors listed above have assigned their copyright of past and
- future changes of GNU Pascal to the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
-
- Russ Whitaker
- updated and maintains the GNU Pascal FAQ.
-
- He modified `faq.texi'.
-
- He has assigned his copyright of past and future changes of the GNU
- Pascal FAQ to the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
-
-