<s>
Pic	B-Application
Micro	I-Application
Pascal	I-Application
PMP	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
Pascal	B-Application
cross	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
for	O
PIC	B-Architecture
microcontrollers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Microchip	O
Technology	O
MPLAB	B-Application
suite	O
installed	O
;	O
it	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
IDE	B-Application
(	O
Scintilla-based	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
highly	O
optimized	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
target	O
8-bit	O
processors	O
only	O
:	O
PIC10	B-Architecture
,	O
PIC12	B-Architecture
,	O
PIC16	B-Architecture
,	O
PIC16	B-Architecture
enhanced	O
,	O
PIC18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Microchip	O
MPLAB	B-Application
suite	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
directly	O
uses	O
MPASM	O
and	O
MPLINK	O
.lkr	O
files	O
for	O
memory	O
mapping	O
initializations	O
;	O
as	O
of	O
V2	O
it	O
comes	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
database	O
for	O
processor	O
features	O
and	O
standard	O
register	O
definitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMP	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
GPUTILS	B-Language
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMP	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
but	O
a	O
RECORD	O
can	O
have	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
implementation	O
supports	O
multiple	O
file	O
compiling	B-Language
,	O
by	O
include	O
directives	O
and	O
by	O
a	O
per	O
unit	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMP	O
syntax	O
is	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
non-OOP	O
syntax	O
of	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
or	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
with	O
some	O
extensions	O
to	O
support	O
some	O
target	O
processor	O
features	O
(	O
bit	O
manipulations	O
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
1.6	O
,	O
some	O
language	O
"	O
extensions	O
"	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
(	O
with	O
explicit	O
activation	O
)	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
coming	O
from	O
other	O
Pascal-Like	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Oberon	B-Language
or	O
Modula	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
PMP	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
Philippe	O
Paternotte	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
for	O
now	O
,	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
