On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Florian Klämpfl <flor...@freepascal.org> wrote: > Am 28.12.2013 13:39, schrieb Marcos Douglas: >>> If they leave Delphi compatibility, they normally don't go for a >>> marginal oss compiler. >> >> So you're saying that FPC cannot survive without Delphi? > > Define survive.
To remain alive or in existence. > But I'am saying indeed that FPC's usage would drop > significantly if Delphi wouldn't be around anymore. A few years it might > increase because people would use FPC to rescue old sources but after > that FPC's usage would probably decay significantly. Well, this is very frustrating... and even more because you, the FPC main developer, wrote. :-( Regards, Marcos Douglas -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus