We have been using FreePascal for many years in our programming
education (see signature for location). Students mostly developed their
(typically small, console apps) with Delphi, and submitted it to
our PEACH.win.tue.nl system for grading.
We are not so happy with the direction that Delphi is going, especially
after Delphi 7. Possibly TurboDelphi is viable (your opinion on this
is welcome as well).
Some people (incl. students) in our department who have tried Lazarus
in the past have reported in a negative way, and this is now making it
difficult to move to Lazarus.
In my opinion, the multi-platform support of Lazarus is a big pro.
And also its open-source character.
I am interested in collecting experiences with using Lazarus in
education, in particular as a tool of primary choice for programming.
Let me hear those success stories, so I convince others ...
Tom
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E-MAIL: T.Verhoeff @ TUE.NL | Fac. of Math. & Computing Science
PHONE: +31 40 247 41 25 | Eindhoven University of Technology
FAX: +31 40 247 54 04 | PO Box 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven
http://www.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/ | The Netherlands
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