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A modern, self-hosting Object Pascal compiler built for the 2020s. Zero legacy, full ARC, and unified UTF-8.

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12Mentions
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314GitHub stars
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What it is

A modern, self-hosting Object Pascal compiler built for the 2020s. Zero legacy, full ARC, and unified UTF-8.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by week12 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-05-08 04:44:02 UTC to 2026-10-19 17:22:36 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsMay 42026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJul 272026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 19

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May 42026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC211
May 112026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC110
May 182026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC000
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Jun 12026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC211
Jun 82026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC220
Jun 152026-06-15 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC110
Jun 222026-06-22 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 292026-06-29 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 62026-07-06 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 132026-07-13 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 202026-07-20 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 272026-07-27 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 32026-08-03 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC110
Aug 102026-08-10 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 172026-08-17 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 242026-08-24 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 312026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 72026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 142026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 212026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 282026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 52026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 122026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 192026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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In addition to unleashed and the dynamics package in this thread, some illustrative examples: Coding agent inside Lazarus: https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,75061.0... Deep learning in Pascal: https://github.com/joaopauloschuler/neural-api AI orchestration: https://github.com/gustavoeenriquez/MakerAi/tree/fpc AI agent framework: https://github.com/FMXExpress/PasClaw New Object Pascal compiler: https://github.com/graemeg/blaise A lot more can be discovered on https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/ have fun!
In Free Pascal compiler now supports dynamic packages
Looks great! I was particularly impressed by the following: >"A built-in lightweight HTML view widget renders documentation-style markup with cascading styles." Basically you built a miniature, integrated, embedded, open-source web browser which can parse CSS and render to SDL... very impressive!: https://github.com/ovenpasta/adi2/blob/master/src/adi-widget... https://github.com/ovenpasta/adi2/blob/master/src/adi-widget... Also, it should be possible to easily, easily port this source code to Delphi and/or FreePascal and/or Graeme Geldenhuys' "Blaise" language (A modern, self-hosting Object Pascal compiler, https://github.com/graemeg/blaise) should anyone in those respective communities decide to do that... Also, if Ada had an {$IFDEF} equivalent, then with proper use of {$IFDEF's} (since the source code is so similar across these languag
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e families), the source code could potentially support all of the above languages from a single source code base... But, of course, maybe that wouldn't be desired... maybe individual ports would serve those other communities better... and then again, maybe it wouldn't! (Just thinking aloud... :-) ) Anyway, great work, and once again, very impressed by the lightweight HTML view widget!
In Show HN: A Modern GUI Library for Ada: CSS Styling, XML UI, SDL3
The funny or strange thing about people claiming Object Pascal is dead, is they have been doing so for at least the last 20 years. It got so crazy and reckless, that people were claiming the actor, Pedro Pascal, was dead too. Yet, despite all this hoping for Pascal (the language) to die, Embarcadero keeps making money selling Delphi (dialect of Object Pascal). Not to mention, their being all kinds of various other dialects in use: Free Pascal, PascalABC.NET, Oxygene, Blaise (brand new compiler)[1], etc... [1]: https://github.com/graemeg/blaise
In Rust is in TIOBE Index top 10
The Blaise Pascal compiler uses QBE for it's backend compiler. https://github.com/graemeg/blaise Having Blaise work on Windows, could be interesting... Though of course only in the long tail of already built Delphi apps... that still have source.... that are reasonably written... that don't rely on now unsupported libraries... Hmmm... Ah yes. These may be some of the reasons people might not do Delphi as much anymore. Still, Delphi was great for me and helped me get a mortgage and things like that. The Blaise author is progressing his development along nicely using QBE for the compiler. To me, Blaise looks like a team progressing things nicely, but I think it's mostly the original author. Blaise could be a neat Pascal compiler with a great deal of old cruft cleaned out and is quite quick.
In QBE – Compiler Backend – 1.3

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