Version 0.29 of Pascal65 adds a few major features, clearing the way for some exciting future additions such as a graphics library. A few minor bugs were fixed long the way but the major new features include:

• Pascal programs can now read and write files
• Pointers were added
• The code generator now uses intermediate code. This opens up the possibility for an interactive debugger, running an interpreter inside the IDE, and makes room in the code for future developments.
• Dec and Inc procedures were added to the System unit.
• The Not operator replaced the @ operator for bitwise ones complement.
• Array elements are now initialized to zero if no initial values are provided.