Okay so we have to now consider these points: 1. interpreted languages can take up less memory if engineered right (says Florian) 2. compilation and linking is a hassle - compared to shipping or uploading an interpreted file 3. speed - not a big deal. Hardware cheap enough. 4. size - shipping an interpreted file usually smaller than exe/elf 5. uploading - uploading a 30K script file on a 56k modem is easier than uploading a 5MB binary
What advantage of compilation? There must be something. I know Microsoft use to love compiling those EXE's because you couldn't see the source code to the EXE's. Is this the advantage of FPC? That we can hide our sources? :-) _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
