On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 1:47 AM, Dennis via Lazarus <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I use FPC/Lazarus to write a program trading software to trade > futures/options. I chose it because I need it to run on windows and (maybe > in future) Linux and Mac OS. > Could not use Java,C# because garbage collection and JIT compiler might > cause the program to freeze in the middle of critical trading, which is > utterly unacceptable for trading.
Some people say the same about garbage collection, but others don't. They tell the code could be wrong. But I agree with you. > FPC is also clean and easy to maintain and can actually do anything. I might > lack some new syntax to speed up parallel programming or functional > programming but those could still be achieved with a bit work. > > I don't want to invest in a new language just for a few new features but > risk making some programming errors since I don't fully understand the > language. > Also, new languages come and gone so fast. I remember Flash's language was > hot some years ago but now discarded. > > Also FPC's compile time is short compared to many other languages. Thanks for sharing this. Best regards, Marcos Douglas -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
