If we could have Lazarus support many compilers via "plugin" packages, it would be cool, cause one could create wrappers for both Chrome and Borland's Object Pascal compilers for .NET
> -----Original Message----- > From: George Birbilis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:57 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [lazarus] Lazarus and DOT Net > > > > > My colleagues in other departments like Physics and Math > > regret they > > > > dint go the CS route. But I regret I dint stick to Physics or > > > > Mathematics. In these an Equation is always an > equation. We dont > > > > have another company coming up and throwing away an > > equation for a > > > > new one. > > > > And we dont have to learn things from scratch to stay > in the job. > > > > > > But then you lose all the fun, plus your skill rot > > > > Nonsense. I improve every day. I don't waste my time > learning another > > language. I do learn new exciting things every day, and I > apply them > > best and fastest using the language I know > > best: Object Pascal. > > Learning a new programming language is not useful in itself. > > > > If I had to spend time learning new languages all the time, > to be up > > to date with all hype languages, I wouldn't be improving my > useful set > > of skills, and on top I would know all these languages only > > superficially. > > No thanks... > > > > But that is just my point of view, of course... > > Who says you have to learn a new language? Since Borland did > it with Delphi.net and provided Object Pascal compiler for > .NET with not many changes to Object Pascal language, then > FreePascal can also do it. > > Also checkout Chrome (an ObjectPascal clone for .NET) from > RemObjects (the makes of the opensource PascalScript > scripting engine for Delphi), the command-line compiler they > have is free > > ---------------- > George Birbilis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Computer & Informatics Engineer > Microsoft MVP J# for 2004-2006 > Borland "Spirit of Delphi" > ++ QuickTime, Delphi, ActiveX, .NET components ++ > http://www.kagi.com/birbilis > ++ Robotics ++ > http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~Robotics > http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup > > > > > ________________________________ > > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 0644-0, 30/10/2006 Tested on: > 30/10/2006 4:56:33 μμ avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. > > > _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0644-0, 30/10/2006 Tested on: 30/10/2006 4:59:59 μμ avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
