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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Derricutt
> Sent: Friday, 12 March 1999 23:40
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: RE: Fixing the VCL (LONG)
>
>
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> Some of you may guess what I'm thinking, the common argument again a
> Delphi for Linux is the VCL, because it is heavily tied to the Win32
> API, if we start work on a partial VCL replacement that provides us with
> a decent set of controls that perform how we want, that isn't directly
> tied to the Win32 API, could such a VCL for linux be made?
>
> Would it be possible to write these things in such a way that we
> abstract any Win32 specifics out of the system, so that a GTK, QT, or
> even Motif back end be used to provide cross platform cababilities?
>
> Any thoughts???? Am I dreaming without a pillow as usual or what??
The origins of Object Pascal were with Apple. They managed to implement it
without the Win32 API.
Serioucsly I think that the current projects for porting a Delphi like
system to Linux are worth looking at.
Anything that is designed to run on Windows is heavily dependent on Windows
architecture. IRD is currently copping a lot of heat in the media because
they insist that employers file their PAYE returns via a web page containing
ActiveX controls, which of course are MS Windows proprietary :)
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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
PRO VSM - Human Rights for Students!
http://patrick.dunford.com/
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