On 29.09.2013 20:54, Patrick wrote:
I actually tried to get started with FPC back In January. I felt that the language was too tied to Lazarus and that I didn't want to use an IDE so I gave up.
FPC is definitely independant of Lazarus, but Lazarus on the one hand simplifies development significantly (I myself am using it e.g. for working on the compiler itself) and it also allows to develop user application in a way similar to Delphi. Most Object Pascal people are using either Delphi or Lazarus to develop GUI applications based on the VCL or LCL respectively. Few go the route of using another GUI (e.g. mseGUI and fpGUI) or use the native platform API (e.g. direct WinAPI, GTK 2, Carbon, etc.).
I will report back when I am a little further along this time. It is possible that the language is not being presented exactly as is intended or that there is too much room for people to misinterpret how the programming environment works.
I've never read the "Getting started with Lazarus" book, so I can not comment on this.
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