On 9/29/06, Bisma Jayadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know writing FPC port for .Net is far from easy. But the difficulty should be on compiler code side only. On the user/app code, it shouldn't cause significant changes. Since Delphi and FPC has same language root, object pascal, I wonder why existing FPC apps can't be simply recompile on FPC/.Net? Of course, I never meant it'd work for EVERY kind of apps and codes, but it should work for most common apps.
Hello, My understanding is that enhancing the compiler to generate code for .Net would be only the first step. Next, every single unit included with FPC will have to be re-implemented in .Net . The effort is huge, and the maintainance could be a nightmare. Maybe this is doable, with some substantial sponsorship to support a team of full-time developers. But it's not clear at all that the benefits would cover the resources spent ... <not_serious_suggestion> By the way : why dotnet and not java ? At least java has been around for a longer time, and there are compatible jdk's for more platforms ... So we wouldn't have to deal with differences like those between Mono and the .Net platform. </not_serious_suggestion> Cheers, Adrian Maier _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
