Literature on Free Pascal

[marcov]

And most importantly, nearly all TP derived compilers have support for assembler in some form or the other.

A high level language defeats that argument, which is practical but work-around..... why did you study for so many years, Marco?

Well, chemical reactors are quite complex, organic synthesis is also no picknick. Oh you mean IT related? Well, that was only one and an half year:-)

A high level language is to avoid low-level, not to introduce it again.

School is about general lines. Everything after is about the exceptions.

[440bx]

A high level language is to avoid low-level, not to introduce it again.

True but, it isn't necessarily meant to avoid it completely (a goal that is unlikely to even be practical.)  Even in C, there are times when using assembly cannot be avoided.

[symmetria]

A high level language is to avoid low-level, not to introduce it again.

True but, it isn't necessarily meant to avoid it completely (a goal that is unlikely to even be practical.)  Even in C, there are times when using assembly cannot be avoided.

Not only... Garbage Collector is forbidden in low level stuff.