Yeah, "wow" is the right word. ;) Yep, by using LCL and FCL (i.e. by switching from Delphi to Lazarus/FreePascal) you can use your Delphi code, and have it compile for Linux, MacOSX, *BSD, etc. (if only you're not using any explicit WinAPI calls or depend on some windows-specific stuff in your code).
No, Neither LCL nor FCL have *any* .Net "integration" whatsoever. LCL and FCL are just *component libraries*, allowing a programmer to write one code that will work across many operating systems (Win, Lin, Mac) and many GUI toolkits (win32, GTK/GKT2, Qt, etc.). In my humble opinion, Lazarus is allowing the once-vibrant Delphi community to have some hope of re-flourishing. Already there are several visible Lazarus/FreePascal (LCL/FCL) projects out there (take PeaZip for one). Cheers Mike Dnia wtorek 10 czerwiec 2008, Anu Rang napisał(a): > Wow. Did I understand that right? Does that mean that by using LCL > and FCL I can get my delphi program to be platform independent? Is it > because of .Net integration? Excuse my stupid questions:) > > Anu Rang, TotallyFreeEnergy > http://totallyfreeenergy.zxq.net > > --- In [email protected], MichaÅ Andrzej Woźniak > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Just thinking... Wouldn't Lazarus/FreePascal > > (http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org) be a better solution? > > > > LCL (Lazarus Components Library) and FCL (Free Components Library) > > are close > > > to being completely compatible with the VLC, and FreePascal offers > > Delphi > > > compatibility mode. > > > > And, what's most important, once written code compiles and runs on > > Windows, > > > Linux, Mac, BSD and then some, not requiring *any* runtimes/VMs on > > the client > > > machine (opposite to Java). > > > > Oh, and it's Free as in Speech. Which might be another plus in your > > project. > > > I am using Lazarus for quite some time and I would definitely > > consider it > > > worth a try for you. > > > > Cheers > > mike > > > > Dnia wtorek 03 czerwiec 2008, Frederick Huddleston napisaÅ(a): > > > Hello Friends, > > > Thank you for your comments. I have spent the last 12 years > > writing > > > > free Delphi software for teachers to teach STEM (Science, > > > Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics) to children using a > > submarine > > > > simulator to travel the oceans. My vision is that it goes > > international > > > > so all of the earth's can work together on the same virtual > > mission as a > > > > singe team in multiple countries under the direction of their > > teachers. > > > > All the world's children can be come shipmates, and war will > > become and > > > > obsolete human behavior. > > > > > > I like Delphi, however the software must also run on Linux and > > Macintosh. > > > > I now realize that for it to go international, Java seems to be > > the best > > > > for all children's computers on the planet Earth. > > > > > > Any conversion advice is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Fred Huddleston > > > > > > Peter Luijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Fred, > > > > > > Are you serious? > > > That's the same as asking if a car can be converted to an > > airplane... > > > > Both are ways of transportation and each great at what they do, > > but you > > > > can't just convert them > > > from one to another. > > > > > > Possibly there are tools that are able to aid you in porting code > > (like > > > > there are tools for C-header > > > files to pascal-files), but most of the work has still to be done > > by a > > > > programmer. > > > > > > Greetz, > > > > > > Peter. > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Namens > > > > Fred > > > Verzonden: dinsdag 3 juni 2008 10:28 > > > Aan: [email protected] > > > Onderwerp: [delphi-en] Delphi to Java > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > Is there any software that helps convert my Delphi 5 code to Java? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Fred Huddleston > > > Home 219-884-5302 > > > Cell 219-789-5993 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
