On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Andrew Brunner wrote:
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> Vincent:
> > IOW: I expect Lazarus users to be knowledgeable, Lazarus is not for
> fools.
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> I offer you all this. The #1 reason why Microsoft Windows (3 and up) took
> off and became so popular was Visual Basic for idiots and Turbo Pascal /
> Delphi for the coders between C++ and VB.
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> The long term success of this project would be cemented if we all keep a
> more welcoming attitude to all walks of developers.
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> (VB, Delphi, and C++) types should be able to utilize Lazarus in the years
> to come. Lazarus should even have an "Express" edition with more powerful
> features not even available.
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> IMO Lazarus has serious potential to rival that of Java. It just needs more
> time and backing.
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> IMO this file size issue is a serious problem for popular utilities that
> will run on anything. 8MB is totally unacceptable. We need a check box
> option in the compiler section to strip out all debugging code from LCL and
> make our distros tiny.
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> How long will that take?
Zero time. This checkbox exists:
Menu: Project|Compiler options
Tab: 'Linking'
Checkbox: 'Strip symbols from Executable (-Xs)'
So what is the problem ?
Michael.
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