On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:52:13 +0100 Jamie McCracken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > C# is very much like delphi, not at all like Python. What were their > > reasons to switch ? > > Because its so close to Delphi and they have switched because they > found it more productive. No forward declarations, garbage collection I don't understand, why are these forward declarations so evil ? Garbage collection is largely no issue when using the Owner concept in TComponent, using TObjectList, etc. > and a richer framework has made them switch to the dark side. We need > to fight back! Ok, but richer framework simply needs people adding packages and useful units to freepascal :-). > > Python is hard to read, especially if multiple blocks are closed at > > once, then it's hard to see what block a line belongs to (because of > > missing 'end' or '}'). > > not true because of the indenting (use bigger indents!). Im not saying Bigger indents cause the text to go too wide. More functions also help, I agree. > python is great I just envy *some* of its shorter syntax and it would Ok, some, but not this one ? > > I also don't like the magic. For example the 'mystrings.create;' > > example you mentioned, it's *totally* not consistent with regular > > syntax: mystrings.create means call "TStringList.Create" on the > > object pointed to by the mystrings variable. > > Well pascal in the only mainstream langugae that does that - I dont > see the pont and it aint magic. Sorry, the only language that does what ? Micha _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
