> I don't see the big deal with external dependencies because almost all > programs have one > or more external dependencies: a system DLL/DSO, a config file, etc.
> > I have. Lazarus works for Windows CE, does sqlite work on it? http://sqlite-wince.sourceforge.net/ But I wouldn't want to read or write documents on Windows CE anyway. Does Apache Server work on Windows CE? So I shouldn't use Apache for a webserver, just because it isn't truly "cross-platform"? Sometimes people get carried away with the whole cross platform advantage - when really there would be no advantage of having Apache run on Windows CE. I don't know why anyone would write or read documents on a small Windows CE computer. Maybe if you are on an airplane and you only have your GameBoy with you - how will you read the Docs? Since FPC compiles for GameBoy - will you be able to read your HTML documentation on your GameBoy? BTW - I'm not advocating SQLite because I've personally never tried it myself yet. There may be better solutions out there. But I think we may be reinventing the database. We should at least use some sort of embeddable database, instead of reinventing another database yet again. A Pascal based one would be nice, even if it is slower than SQLite or not originally as powerful as SQLite - because I don't think speed is really an issue when this is only one person querying the help DB on their home PC. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
