paxCompiler is an embeddable compiler of the Pascal programming language. The key features of the paxCompiler are:
The compiler generates machine code for Intel compatible processors.
It is possible to use the compiler as a scripting engine. You can embed the compiler into host application, register
host-defined types, routines, variables and constants for the engine, read/write script-defined variables, call script-defined functions
etc. You can save/load compiled scripts to/from a stream.
The compiler was initially written in Borland Delphi as a set of Delphi components.
TPaxCompiler, TPaxProgram and TPaxPascalLanguage are Delphi components that allows you to embed the paxCompiler into
Delphi,
Kylix or
Borland C++ Builder application so you can customize and extend the application without having to recompile it.
Source code of paxCompiler is compatible with Free Pascal 2.0.
paxCompiler, implemented as paxcompilerlib.dll, can be used for scripting
Microsoft Visual C++ applications.
The compiler implements a subset of Object Pascal language. The supported types are: Boolean, Byte, Word, Integer, Int64, Double, Single, Extended,
Char, WideChar, AnsiString, ShortString, WideString, Variant, Pointer, Record Types, Static Array Types, Dynamic Array Types, Subrange Types,
Enumeration Types, Procedural Types, Class Types.
The compiler supports such concepts as namespaces, classes, overloaded routines, nested routines, default parameters, exception handling, units.
You can import host-defined types with paxCompiler importer.
The roadmap of the compiler includes: Basic compiler and C compiler, cross-language programming,
built-in assembler.
