Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote: One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk.  A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. I've gone through 5 SSDs in as many years - they don't last.  And

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote: One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk.  A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. I've gone through 5 SSDs in as many years - they don't last.  And

Re: [fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

On 07/17/18 13:28, Ryan Joseph wrote: If I’m doing work I don’t have to, merely knowing that Pascal has remained pure to the original specification is not very much comfort to me. I'm not advocating for purity.  I'm advocating for diversity.  I don't want to see Pascal become MumbleScript,

Re: [fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

On 07/17/18 13:28, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Jul 17, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Jim Lee wrote: And that's why I hesitate whenever someone comes along and says we should add to Pascal I just want my life to be easier and to enjoy programming in Pascal as much as possible. If I’m doing work I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

On 07/17/18 11:50, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Jul 17, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Jim Lee wrote: It has to fit the spirit of the language as well. I don’t propose new features to copy other languages but I’ll mention other languages as evidence that more people than just myself have discovered some

Re: [fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

On 07/17/18 11:00, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Jul 17, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Jim Lee wrote: Likewise, "modern" programming languages are all converging on a common feature set, like cultural cross-pollination. if that’s our mindset then how do we account for times when we’ve actually

Re: [fpc-pascal] Syntax changes suggestions

On 07/17/18 07:49, Marco van de Voort wrote: Worse, IMHO creeping unnecessary dialect change is worse than remaining different. The spread of codebases over the various subdialects is worse than any benefits these half assed extensions can ever have. It is spreading language development thin

Re: [fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature

On 07/17/18 04:56, Giuliano Colla wrote: As everybody is suggesting new fpc features, I feel it right to add my own proposal, to make the language more useful and user friendly. I propose the support for the keyword "please". The syntax is quite simple: "please:", followed by the explanation

Re: [fpc-pascal] Interrogating external devices using USB

  On 07/05/18 07:29, BobJ wrote: Good morning all, I have multiple amateur-radio transceivers which may be programmed with computer software through a USB cable connection.  There already exists various software applications to perform those tasks, however, most, if not all, are either inacc

Re: [fpc-pascal] Loss of precision when using math.Max()

supposedly Pascal's most significant paradigm: strong typing. As Jim Lee points out, strong typing does limit utility - but if utility is first concern, a weakly typed language such as C would be more appropriate. When looking at the (partial) disassembly of my little program, we see to what d

Re: [fpc-pascal] Loss of precision when using math.Max()

On 07/02/18 15:13, Wolf wrote: Not so long ago, Florian was proudly bragging about "Pascal does not allow you to shoot yourself in the foot " What about this little program: program Project1; var a,b: byte; begin   a:=1;

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 07/01/18 23:16, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Seems I forgot to update the symlink when we released. I fixed that. Thanks for pointing it out. No problem. I consider this an error in your reasoning. The bugtracker is very lowlevel, and should be usable and familiar for all. Many of the

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 07/01/18 12:28, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: The documentation is brought up to date at every release: all new identifiers are documented and the documentation regenerated. If you look in the bugtracker, you will see that I regularly fix documentation issues. Thanks.  The user's guide, pro

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 07/01/18 12:07, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: On 07/01/2018 02:38 PM, Jim Lee wrote: The most common scenario for me is this: "I wonder if fpc (or Lazarus) already has ".  Go to the wiki and browse haphazardly, looking for [...] that may be part of your problem... you'

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 07/01/18 01:03, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Can you explain what you think is wrong with or missing in the official documentation ? (apart from a search mechanism) Michael. Well, search is a big one, but there seems to be a lot of missing pieces (again, without search it's hard to tell

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 06/30/18 21:14, Ryan Joseph wrote: I know of http://docs.getlazarus.org which has some helpful stuff but it’s mainly Lazarus which I personally don’t use. Otherwise it’s just hunting around in https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/ for me. There’s no searching feature though. :( FPC b

Re: [fpc-pascal] TFPGObjectList error

On 06/30/18 19:42, Ryan Joseph wrote: Is that part of the RTL and if so what’s the unit name? I had a hard time finding good resources on classes the RTL provides. That has been my experience as well.  Is there a definitive source of documentation for both Free Pascal and Lazarus?  Anyone

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling 3.1.1 trunk

On 06/23/2018 02:18 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote: Jim Lee mailto:jle...@gmail.com>> schrieb am Sa., 23. Juni 2018, 17:34: Hi, newbie to fpc (but not Pascal) here. I'm trying to compile the fpc trunk from svn on linux.  I managed to find the buildfaq, but I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling 3.1.1 trunk

On 06/23/2018 08:46 AM, Jonas Maebe wrote: On 23/06/18 06:24, Jim Lee wrote: I'm trying to compile the fpc trunk from svn on linux.  I managed to find the buildfaq, but I'm running into problems. I've done this: $ svn checkout http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild fpcbuild

[fpc-pascal] Compiling 3.1.1 trunk

Hi, newbie to fpc (but not Pascal) here. I'm trying to compile the fpc trunk from svn on linux.  I managed to find the buildfaq, but I'm running into problems. I've done this: $ svn checkout http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcbuild fpcbuild $ cd fpcbuild/trunk/fpcsrc/compiler $ make cycle  #

Re: [fpc-pascal] Default record fields

On 06/22/2018 04:19 AM, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) wrote: It's not about the compiler team. It's about the integrity of a programming language, which doesn't matter these days a lot, when all languages turned into a feature race to provide the same broken concepts, but with slightly different