Richard Hyman via fpc-devel <fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Do., 22. Sep. 2022, 09:00:
> > 1. Does FPC compile natively for the ARM Macs, specifically an M1? Docs I > found do not directly answer this question (he's thinking about purchasing > an M1 Mac mini). > This is supported since 3.2.2. 2. Does FPC provide any support for interfacing to the system? > Aside from interfacing through the C API FPC can also interact with Objective C objects. > a. Can an FPC compiled app be run from the terminal with recognition of > input parameters (standard I/O). E.G. run something such as "myApp > /../myInputFile.txt /../myOutputFile.txt", and have the app parse $1 and > $2 for the input and output files? > You can access parameter values using the ParamStr functions and then you need to open the files with the file APilI of your choice. > If FPC supports standard I/O, how is it accomplished within the app? > FPC supports the standard Pascal I/O using Assign, Read, Write and friends, an imperative style FileOpen, FileRead, FileWrite API as well as the TStream based API. > b. Does FPC support Mac system APIs? This is a general question since API > support in any one of several areas (beyond graphics for example) would be > beneficial. > Since FPC can interact with the system as mentioned above, it does. A unit with various converted API headers is provided. Just look at what Lazarus can do. It's a native macOS application and without interfacing with the macOS API this wouldn't be possible. Regards, Sven >
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