> On Feb 2, 2016, at 7:39 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
>> I just don't think most people downloading FreeDOS really need FPC or
>> FBC or DJGPP (even if I do like them). I think they can just grab them
>> separately. But OW and NASM are officially recommended and much
>> smaller, so to those I have no complaints.
> 
> FreeBasic has a rather cool QB compatibility mode and some
> software in the FreeDOS distro is compiled with DJGPP, but
> of course without the tons of add-ons available for DJGPP.
> 
> Not sure which coolness factor FreePascal has, but Pascal
> certainly was a classic programming language of DOS users.

I agree with Pascal being a classic and very traditional language and
even if it is not installed I would like to see it ship on the install
media. 

But, if Jim wants the USB and ISO to be as slim as possible (no extras) and
it doesn’t become part of ALL, I will sadly pull it without complaint. :-(

> 
> Cheers, Eric
> 
> 
> 
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