Richard, I can not state it any better than wikipedia ( regular expression ).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression Basically like wildcards, but much more powerful. Now as to whether or not just using "regex" represents "strong array handling" . . . again that depends on your definition. When I mentioned a web UI backend above that was just an example, but what you're describing seems to fit C very closely, No, C is not high level, but as long as C has been around, you can almost guarantee you'll be able to find a library that will work for you. An executable compiled from C can also be very compact, and super fast. Now for sure, an inexperienced developer can write bad code in C, however this is true of any language. Possibly more so with C, since it is a very powerful language. A language that also demands you understand what your code does. But again . . . this is true for all programing languages out there. Easy to maintain ? Bug free code ? This is all the responsibility of the developer(s) using any language. I would also consider how much bloat many of these high level languages add to an executable when compiled. With all the above said, one other language did come to mind after thinking about it a bit. FreeBasic, but I've never used it. So I have no idea what the BCL ( base class library ) is like, and no idea how many libraries exist for it. It is one of the few languages I hear of now and again, but have never looked in to. Mostly because I try to distance myself from any form of basic when possible. Funny that back in the early 90's the first languages I started with was quickbasic . . . On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:32 PM, richard.leverton < richard.lever...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
