Hi Harvey thanks for the tip, and thanks for taking the time to help me
regards richard On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 8:02:29 PM UTC-4, Harvey White wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 16:48:04 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > > >I'd suggest taking a look at Free Pascal. It's well supported and can be > >compiled and cross-compiled on a number of different platforms including > >the BBB. It also enjoys a wide range of libraries and a good and active > >support forum. You can get an idea of capabilities by visiting the > Lazarus > >website: http://www.lazarus-ide.org . Lazarus supports rapid > application > >development and is built *on top* of free pascal. Free pascal itself can > >be run in a command line mode that disposes of all of the overhead that > >goes with an elaborate GUI. This makes it well suited to applications > >that don't require a lot of man-machine interaction. > > Lazarus also provides a GUI. > > > >Array handling is not integral to the Pascal language, but you will find > a > >broad assortment of math libraries, some more optimized than others, that > >are written in the language. > > > >Both the Free Pascal Compiler and Lazarus are open-source and available > for > >free download on the internet. I've used both on an RPi, but have been > >using C++ for now on my BBB. C++ has the advantage of being supported by > >the the Eclipse IDE. You can use C++, of course, without exploiting it's > >OOP capabilities. > > > > I thought that the support for the cross compiled environment that we > need for the BBB was lacking in Lazarus, good to hear that it is not. > > Had you made GUI applications with Lazarus? It would be good to know. > Then there's still the library support for the hardware, though, but > Pascal can call C++ routines, IIRC. > > Harvey > > > > > > > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
