On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:57:57 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Cesar Romero wrote: > > > > > > > And why should we do so? I still don't see what .Net offers > > > > what FPC can't do better without adding another dependency on > > > > Microsoft. > > >[...] > So where is the advantage ? It's all a lot of marketing talk. > Under the hood, there is nothing new or even innovative... > > The point is that .NET adds nothing new or inherently better. > It's old recipes in a new marketing jacket. > > > This is only a observation, Im not asking to you guys to do that, > > ofcource this could be a plus. > > If someone wants to start a port: By all means, go ahead. We'll give > advice where needed. Only I don't think the core developers see the > need to develop this themselves... Forget about .NET and Pascal and welcome the new .PAS: * Very clean language - .PAS is as powerful as you want it. * No Makefiles - You can save huge amounts of time, the compiler just figures out itself which files need to be recompiled. * .PAS compilers are Fast with a big F. Yes, you no longer need to grow roots while compiling your programs, just hit the compile key and it's done, even for large programs. * No virtual machine - Fast native code on all platforms * Integrated development environment - .PAS comes with an IDE which works on several platforms, in which you can write, compile and debug your programs. You will save huge amounts of time using the IDE, the best programming friend you have. * Great integration with assembler - Do you think .PAS is for wimps who need to learn programming? WRONG! It's excellent for high tech programming and for the supreme nerds among you we have the integrated assemblers. * Object oriented programming * Tons of librariers on all platforms * Smartlinking - .PAS's smart linker leaves out any variable or code that you do not use. That makes small programs small with a big S, while they are still statically linked, avoiding DLL hell! * Available for a lot of platforms on several architectures - .PAS is available for more platforms than .NET will ever be and allows easy cross-compiling, just change the target in the IDE and compile! * Compatible - Have existing code? .PAS is more compatible with it than any other Pascal compiler. We are 100% compatible to FPC and almost completely compatible with Turbo Pascal and quite well compatible with Delphi source code. If you have code in another language, like C or assembler, just use favorite compiler for it and call it from .PAS. (Name may be inaccurate and can change) For more information see http://www.freepascal.org/ Mattias _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
