[fpc-pascal] ANN: Firmbox a FPC and Lazarus based project

2013-02-04 Thread Helmut Hartl
Hello Freepascal and Lazarus Community ! Some of you may know us as sponsors of the freepascal and lazarus community. We provide hosting, storage and virtual machines to the projects. Today I have an exciting announcement to make, we startet a crowdfunding project on indiegogo. It's about a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Free Pascal 2.6.0rc1 released

2011-11-24 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 06.11.11 00:27, schrieb Marco van de Voort: Hello, We have placed the first release-candidate of the Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.0 on our ftp-servers. You can help improve the upcoming 2.6.0 release by downloading and testing this release. If you want you can report what you have done

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: timer_create on linux

2011-08-10 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 10.08.11 16:56, schrieb Max Vlasov: Jonas, I see that you probably have your reasons not to use gdb inside the lazarus, but it was quite decent for me until this strange unavoidable moment :) It still is, hope I will find a work around Max Max, This works (for me) 1) Add a file like :

Re: [fpc-pascal] Font reading library

2011-04-12 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 12.04.11 11:03, schrieb Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho: Hello, I fixed the compilation of the old freetype and put it in the Lazarus-ccr for now. Maybe it can be added to FPC later on if it proves a good substitute: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Freetype#Download nice It's not

Re: [fpc-pascal] Font reading library

2011-04-01 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 01.04.11 18:52, schrieb dhkblas...@zeelandnet.nl: On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:44:02 +0200 (CEST), Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Darius Blaszyk wrote: As it happens, I stumbled across this one just now. Supposedly this is a native freetype

Re: [fpc-pascal] Current TThread

2010-12-21 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 21.12.10 13:47, schrieb Mattias Gaertner: On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:29:36 +0100 (CET) michael.vancann...@wisa.be wrote: You could use GetCurrentThreadID and a lookup list. What about using a threadvar CurrentThread: Thread; ? TThread could set this in the constructor. We currently use

Re: [fpc-pascal] fpc 32 / 64 bit / c++/ floating point question

2010-11-22 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 21.11.10 19:02, schrieb Vinzent Höfler: On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:54:13 +0100, Helmut Hartlhelmut.ha...@firmos.at wrote: Running the above program gives 1) C++ / FPC 64 Bit 6.3846106530 6.3846106530 2) FPC32 Bit 6.3846106530 6.3846111610 Is this explainable or wrong behaviour ?

[fpc-pascal] fpc 32 / 64 bit / c++/ floating point question

2010-11-21 Thread Helmut Hartl
While stabilizing my bullet physics port i saw some differences in floating point behaviour between c++ and fpc32 and fpc 64 bit. In question is a simple dot product. The function : result := a*d+b*e+c*f; Gives different results( 6.3846106530 vs 6.3846111610 ) depending on the usage of

Re: [fpc-pascal] Apple development tools

2010-09-10 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 09.09.10 15:45, schrieb Jonas Maebe: On 09 Sep 2010, at 15:31, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I've just had my attention drawn to this elsewhere, and thought it would be of general interest. In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as

[fpc-pascal] class methods for objects

2010-07-16 Thread Helmut Hartl
Hello, while converting bullet physic code to native fpc, i would find it handy to have something like class methods for objects. (Methods without self pointer) (It would enhance the readability of the code much, because I were not forced to move such c++ class functions to global

Re: [fpc-pascal] class methods for objects

2010-07-16 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 16.07.10 10:48, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt: It exists already, but is called 'static' Thank you for clarification, in a quick test it seem to work for my use case. When is it likeley that this feature will arrive in 2.4.x ? helmut ___

Re: [fpc-pascal] class methods for objects

2010-07-16 Thread Helmut Hartl
Am 16.07.10 12:46, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt: Always learning something new. One is never too old to learn :-) Michael. But one is always able to age faster, while boldly going to where no man has gone baldly before :-) (spelling intentional) While testing with a simplified usage

[fpc-pascal] $CODEALIGN / Dynamic Arrays

2010-05-27 Thread Helmut Hartl
Does the $CODEALIGN (http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/prog/progsu9.html) directive influence dynamic array memory layout ? I need an an aligned dynamic array of vectors for SSE operations. If the fpc dynamic array implementation supports alignment somehow I would not need an own

Re: [fpc-pascal] getting started with threads

2009-09-18 Thread Helmut Hartl
-Original message- From: Dariusz Mazur dar...@emadar.com Sent: Fri 18-09-2009 16:24 To: FPC-Pascal users discussions fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org; Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] getting started with threads David Emerson pisze: I am getting started with threads (linux/cthreads) and I'm

[fpc-pascal] Generics Red Black Tree for fpc

2009-04-03 Thread Helmut Hartl
Hi all, due to interest i post here our generic version of a red black tree implementation. A R/B tree is a quite fast directory datastructure which allows o(log n) access times. Warning: The code compiles only under 2.2.4RC1+, below that the compilation fails(crash). Further info on

AW: Re: [fpc-pascal] Generics Red Black Tree for fpc

2009-04-03 Thread Helmut Hartl
Von: Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de Gesendet: Fr 03.04.2009 16:51 An: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org; Betreff: Re: [fpc-pascal] Generics Red Black Tree for fpc How much work do you think is it to extend it to accept duplicate keys? Mattias How probable are duplicate keys in your

AW: Re: [fpc-pascal] Generics Red Black Tree for fpc

2009-04-03 Thread Helmut Hartl
Von: Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de Gesendet: Fr 03.04.2009 18:07 An: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org; Betreff: Re: [fpc-pascal] Generics Red Black Tree for fpc On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:16:50 +0200 Helmut Hartl helmut.ha...@firmos.at wrote: Von: Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert

AW: [fpc-pascal] ANN: wxForms for Delphi - wxWidgets designer and wrapper for Delphi/Freepascal

2009-04-02 Thread Helmut Hartl
Von: Guru Kathiresan gururamn...@yahoo.com Gesendet: Do 02.04.2009 08:46 An: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org; Betreff: [fpc-pascal] ANN: wxForms for Delphi - wxWidgets designer and wrapper for Delphi/Freepascal Hello, Today I have released a new product for Delphi and Freepascal – wxForms

RE: [fpc-pascal] some problem in SVN FPC for arm linux (v 2.3.1)

2007-05-08 Thread Helmut Hartl
linux (v 2.3.1) nslu_test.lpr Assembling nslu_test Linking nslu_test /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.3.1/units/arm-linux/rtl/cprt0.o: In function `_haltproc': : undefined reference to `_fini' /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.3.1/units/arm-linux/rtl/cprt0.o: In function `_haltproc': :

RE: [fpc-pascal] some problem in SVN FPC for arm linux (v 2.3.1)

2007-05-08 Thread Helmut Hartl
On 08/05/07, Florian Klaempfl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What libc do you use? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /lib/libc.so.6 GNU C Library development release version 2.3.90, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying

RE: [fpc-pascal] some problem in SVN FPC for arm linux (v 2.3.1)

2007-05-04 Thread Helmut Hartl
Hello again Henry, i used the mastermakefile to build the tool chain: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Development/MasterMakefile I followed the http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/CrossCompileWithCentOS Worked for me for CentOS 5, i built the slugosle 4.4 and flashed it. Then i

RE: [fpc-pascal] some problem in SVN FPC for arm linux (v 2.3.1)

2007-05-04 Thread Helmut Hartl
why do you want to load libc dynamically? may you can try the following approach (scroll to bottom): http://community.freepascal.org:1/docs-html/prog/progse53 Well - that was what i would like to do - I thougt i try it using libc, as i hade some old code who was doing it just that way.

RE: [fpc-pascal] some problem in SVN FPC for arm linux (v 2.3.1)

2007-05-02 Thread Helmut Hartl
Hello, there might be a problem with your binutils. are you sure you're using the right binutils for your device? what device are you using, exactly? What binutils for crosscompiling are you using for the NSLU2? Where do you obtain them? Thank you, helmut

RE: [fpc-pascal] Looking for a FreePascal Job

2007-03-29 Thread Helmut Hartl
. Helmut Hartl Head of Development FirmOS Business Solutions GmbH Hauptstraße 52a 8054 Graz-Pirka -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Pertron Posted At: Donnerstag, 29. März 2007 10:22 Posted To: fpc Conversation: [fpc-pascal

RE: [fpc-pascal] arm big endian questions and info

2007-03-05 Thread Helmut Hartl
I've no access to an arm machine running be so I can't test and fix :( What about a Linksys NSLU2? Cost's about 100€ - If it would help I send you one helmut ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org

RE: [fpc-pascal] Question on how to avoid memory trouble

2007-02-13 Thread Helmut Hartl
This one is not lock free, because it uses atomic instructions used by the cpu, which are essentially fine grained locks. Exactly, and cmpxchg etc. are really expensive too. Since the original FPC heap uses already several pools, it should be easily possible to make it

RE: [fpc-pascal] Question on how to avoid memory trouble

2007-02-12 Thread Helmut Hartl
FastMM is open source, has anyone ported it to FPC? There are users that have got FastMM working with FPC. But it is not needed. The standard FPC heap manager is for single-threaded applications as fast as FastMM. A little bit shortsighted (IMHO),as everyone seriously concerning

AW: [fpc-pascal] is planned next 2.0.x release?

2006-05-18 Thread Helmut Hartl
Snapshots and MySQL5, PostgreSQL 8.1, Firebird and others) Greets, helmut hartl -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:fpc-pascal- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Michael Van Canneyt Bereitgestellt: Mittwoch, 17. Mai 2006 23:34 Bereitgestellt in: fpc Unterhaltung