Am Friday 31 August 2012 11:23:49 schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd: > Rainer Stratmann wrote: > > Am Friday 31 August 2012 10:38:32 schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd: > >> FPC is mature in terms of > >> age, mature in terms of stability, and mature in terms of the developers > >> not liking changing established features: sometimes that frustrates > >> almost everybody, but it's something to be lived with. > > > > So why use Delphi anymore? > > And try to be Delphi compatible at any cost? > > How does one error message add to or detract from Delphi compatibility?
I did not say that as you can read above. You can make private mails from me public, but then you must accept my public response. > I could equally point out error messages from the compiler due to its > cross-platform nature that Delphi doesn't emit. > Reiner. Rainer > If you don't like it, then take the sources of the compiler and > start your own branch. Deduce how it works- and elsewhere you might see > that I'm putting /my/ neck on the line by being critical of the limited > extent to which this is documented, so don't think that it's just you > fighting the system- and fix what you perceive as a bug. I did not percive it as a bug. > But just be > damned sure that your result doesn't break anything, runs all the > compiler tests on all platforms, and tracks recent developments. > > When you're done, come back with a patch. But until then, go fork >:-) _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal