> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:53:25 +0100 > From: xhaj...@hajny.biz > To: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Pure FPC ? > > On Mon, January 27, 2014 01:38, Fred van Stappen wrote: > > Ok, i will try to explain better. > > > > When you compile fpc, you do > make clean + make all. > > > > Is it possible to configure fpc-compil and disable Delphi > > compatibility...? > > > > If not possible, no problem, i only want to know :-) . > > Short and simple answer - no, it isn't possible. > > Slightly longer answer - even if disregarding mode "DELPHI", there are > several other modes supported by FPC. More than one mode is used within > the FPC source tree (at least FPC, OBJFPC and MACPAS). The modes do not > differ only by syntax but also by the supported features, but different > modes use a combination of features often also used in other modes. All in > all, even if someone wanted to perform the surgery and remove all > references to mode DELPHI, the potential gains with regard to compilation > speed would be probably very limited. > > Finally - trying to remove a feature allowing users to reuse source code > coming from others doesn't sound very smart even if somebody doesn't use > such external source code today. > > Tomas
Hello. Thank you Tomas for your cool and clear answer. > Finally - trying to remove a feature allowing users to reuse source code > coming from others doesn't sound very smart even if somebody doesnt > use such external source code today. Hum, yes, you are right... Long life for fpc....
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