Re: fpc on FreeBSD?
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:35:05 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: > > > Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? > > Usable. Thanks for confirmation, Boris, 'usable' and 'working OK' are good enough. I installed it on my Thinkpad's new 8.0-R system so I'll give it a go there when $workload allows. > > Docs > > seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, > > but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and > > is worth the learning curve? > > Working OK. For FreeBSD: > . it's i386-only (seems that upcomming 2.4.0 may have amd64 bits); > . static binaries. That sounds fine, especially as these are mostly just for procedural calculations and straightforward file-processing. Thanks also to Eduardo, Rod and Polytropon for contributions, some of which I have or will follow up privately. cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fpc on FreeBSD?
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:35:05 +1100 (EST), Ian Smith wrote: > Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Maybe you're interested in xwpe (X window programming environment) which delivers quite a good look & feel of TP7 (DOS). There's xwpe for X, and wpe for text mode. But I haven't used it for many many years, so I can't say something about its current state and development. If I raise my head, I can see the "Borland TurboPascal 7" box and manuals on the shelf above my CRT. The day I got it as a present was the day I didn't code TP anymore, and switched to C as my primary language. I hope nobody will give me a C box as a present. :-) But it's okay, I deserved it, because my TP coding was completely awful - obfuscation in its finest form, completely unintended. :-) init;bk(0);setpicardcolor(x0+x1+xk+ax(rs(r,10,12),qq[x])+q,f[q[ni],kk[i+1]); -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fpc on FreeBSD?
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:35:05 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: > Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Usable. > Docs > seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, > but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and > is worth the learning curve? Working OK. For FreeBSD: . it's i386-only (seems that upcomming 2.4.0 may have amd64 bits); . static binaries. -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fpc on FreeBSD?
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:16:29 -0500, Eduardo Morras wrote: Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Docs seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and is worth the learning curve? Yes, it is usable, but there are other ides. You can try Lazarus, f.ex. Also, you can ask at the fpc lists, where there are better chances of help. Lazarus is like Delphi 5 or 7. I actually used it 4 or 5 years ago to port some Delphi code to FreeBSD and it worked pretty well. I used Lazarus and FPC to create a GUI cd burner for FreeBSD and a front end to a mysql db for tracking my album collection - but I moved to python so haven't used it in 4 years or so. Rod -- if i was cool and a mindless slave to trends and fashion, this would be sent from my iPhone, but it's not. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fpc on FreeBSD?
At 15:35 29/12/2009, you wrote: >Hi to .. > >any old Turbo Pascal hackers out there, who've used fpc on FreeBSD. > >I have some astronomy and sound related code from last century that I >want to resume working on. Mostly lots of float number-crunching and >file processing, no gui stuff till the underlying processing all goes. > >I've tried some other languages, but can only really think straight into >Pascal, to fully declare my disability - please don't try to cure me :) > >Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Docs >seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, >but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and >is worth the learning curve? Yes, it is usable, but there are other ides. You can try Lazarus, f.ex. Also, you can ask at the fpc lists, where there are better chances of help. >cheers, Ian -- Usefule Acronyms: EMFE = Excuse My For English ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
fpc on FreeBSD?
Hi to .. any old Turbo Pascal hackers out there, who've used fpc on FreeBSD. I have some astronomy and sound related code from last century that I want to resume working on. Mostly lots of float number-crunching and file processing, no gui stuff till the underlying processing all goes. I've tried some other languages, but can only really think straight into Pascal, to fully declare my disability - please don't try to cure me :) Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? Docs seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and is worth the learning curve? cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
