Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org
They haven't raised any money yet. The money will only be collected if Borland were to accept an offer from these folks. The amount so far is more akin to pledges. Mark L505 wrote: Who gets the $22,000 they have raised so far, if their plan doesn't work out? ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Object pascal a "Modern Language"
Tony Pelton wrote: it is *everything* that Java is, but better. i feel like the hobbyist programmer in me has been reborn AND ... i've actually started to look out into the job market a little, with an eye towards maybe trying to make a jump from being a Java J2EE web application developer to making a jump to doing Pascal development for a day job, if the right opportunity came along. Yet another lost soul wanders out of the C-Language (C, C++, C#, Java, Python, et. al.) forrest and into the fertile fields of Object Pascal. You know, in all my years of using Pascal (starting with Turbo 3.01A in 1986) and Object Pascal (starting with Turbo 5.5 in 1989), I have heard this story on more than one occasion. However, I have never heard a story describing the opposite, ie. a person going from Pascal to a C-Language and having the same epiphany. I've tried to make the transition myself on several occasions, but I always end up coming back to Pascal. Congratulations! Mark ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] Object pascal a "Modern Language"
Matt Henley wrote: understand. A modern language such as any of the .NET languages will meet the efficiency objective but portability remains an issue. While I believe the with .Net, you will have the same speed issues that you have with Python since it compiles to CLR and not native machine code. So he is mistaken in his initial premise. Java will have the same issue. Plus, when running a simulation, you don't want the program to suddenly decide it has to do garbage collection, thus slowing down. Any .Net or Java program will have these problems due to their very architecture. What does he consider a "modern language". You can't begin to quell his anxiety or disperse his ignorance until he can give you a definition. Ask for specifics. Is he aware that Lazarus is written in Free Pascal? I would show him Pixel... it is very impressive. Mark ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] for..in loops?
Marc Santhoff wrote: If you'd ask me: My wish would be to see fpc compiling programmes for the BlackFin-CPUs and for the ECOS2 operating system, can this be implemented, please? ;) Marc So the number of users of fpc is extended by two? three at most? :-) Mark ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
