> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > platform independent but fast applications is really ugly having fixed > > types. > > Well, then you mean that it requires conversion in some platforms > rather then it not being cross-platform. > > What I am trying to say is that the new proposed systems will be > harder to use, trying to please everyone everywhere with a perceived > performance gain without any indication that this gain will actually > be significant in real world applications. It uses an exotic solution, > never tested before.
C/C++ support the native encoding on all platforms. > The speed difference in LCL-Qt apps and LCL-Gtk apps is negletible, > althougth we do string conversions when using Qt. Because the > manipulation of strings is usually not a bottleneck. That's because it doesn't do that much string processing, compared to e.g. iterating through a db-export and transforming it. That should be the norm for a native unicode type, not an UI. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
