On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 05:43:32PM +0700, Bisma Jayadi wrote:
> >Yes but most of the "problems" come from the fact that (besides Lazarus
> >and FPC peoples work for free during their free time) Lazarus/FPC is
> >multi-processors and multi-OS's whereas Delphi is only multi-Microsoft.
>
> No matter what are the reasons behind the lack of features, it still lacks
> of features. Most people/users don't really care about this, whether
> Lazarus/FPC people work on it during free time or busy time. They just want
> some features to be exist, period.
>
> If Lazarus/FPC can't provide those features then simply admit it and be
> fair. You could ask them to help or contribute to FPC/Lazarus instead of
> (blindly) defend it with non-logical reasons or proferring other features
> as excuses. If you said there are problems with Delphi, then Lazarus is
> full with problems as well. For some people, Lazarus' problems could
> prevent them of using it and stick with Delphi. None of both is perfect.
>
> I use and like both Delphi and Lazarus. So, I'm not the one you should
> shoot on the foot. I'm just comparing and hope we could learn something
> from it.
Ok, lets try to face the problem instead of wining about it: why not to
create a collaborative grid (wiki pages are ideal) to spot the good points
of fpc/lazarus and the bad points that needs to be
projected/developed/debugged? This could be a simple table with all the
features that a programmer dreams of about an IDE with the rispondence of
other product like Delphi put as a comparative example.
This is useful for many reasons:
- it could be a reference for who is evaluating fpc/lazarus to judge it it
fits his/her needs
- it is useful for developers to know where people think it is better
to concentrate the efforts
- it could useful for having an _honest_ overview on how to put ftp/lazarus
with respect to the conpetition
- it is useful to have an idea about the future of the project and its
directions based on the programmed or the work in progress
What do you think about it?
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Marco Ciampa
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