In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
> > What might be interesting is if the Delphi command line compiler could run
> > on AMD64 Linux, but that's yet to be seen.
> 
> [I would assume your message is off-topic, so I set the reply-to of this
> message to FPC-Other]

Correct.
 
> I doubt it will actually run on Linux, because then they would also need
> a debugger, which then begs for an IDE to make debugging easier. So in
> all likelihood, you would need a copy (and license) of Windows to
> develop for Linux - just like you need for OSX/iOS development.

Yes, it is a crosscompiler with their paserver remote debug solution.

Also afaik the compiler is the same as for mobile targets, with probably the
same limitations, and not the win32/win64 delphi compiler.

> Just stick with FPC and have native tools for each platform. I see no
> benefit of having Delphi these days. Delphi is outshined by Free Pascal
> and Lazarus IDE for some years now.

The debug experience under Delphi is still several times better than
Lazarus.  More expressions evaluate directly, and types are more easily
browsed and inspectable (specially under D2010+ which has proper debug
support for collection types)

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