Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: What is the most widely used Pascal on Linux and other Unix variants?

2012-02-27 Thread Rich Saunders
On 2/27/12 10:33 AM, Noa Shiruba wrote: On 2012/02/27, at 23:14, Frank Church vfcli...@gmail.com mailto:vfcli...@gmail.com wrote:I think somehow a way must be found of getting Pascal identified with Free Pascal on the Linux platform if it is the most widely used. I think that is probably

Re: [fpc-pascal] Too tired? Forcedirectories does not seem to work

2012-02-06 Thread Rich Saunders
On 2/6/12 11:49 AM, ik wrote: You should use ExpandFileName on ForceDirectory's content prior on sending it to it. And then go find the directory that you created in error and remove it! ;) Rich ___ fpc-pascal maillist -

Re: [fpc-pascal] using functions from units main programme

2011-11-19 Thread Rich Saunders
On 11/19/11 11:19 AM, John Lee wrote: Surprised this capability hasn't come up before because doesn't sound technically difficult to do. The need for this capability HAS come up before. That's why the methods that are available are available. They may appear to be too complicated but it is

[fpc-pascal] TClientDataset equivalent?

2011-11-08 Thread Rich Saunders
I'm designing a new program and would like to use Delphi's TClientDataset but would also like to keep FPC compatibility as high as possible. What is the closest equivalent available in the FPC ecosystem? ___ fpc-pascal maillist -

Re: [fpc-pascal] More Filter Madness

2011-10-14 Thread Rich Saunders
On 10/14/11 2:39 AM, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: Good candidate for recursive algorithm i think. At first glance maybe, but it is actually a horrible candidate. That is due to the fact that the number of values is unknown and recursion has a built-in limit based on the stack size. So if your logic

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-16 Thread Rich Saunders
On 2/16/11 5:40 AM, greim wrote: I suggest to ask first Professor Niklaus Wirth I think he has moved on long ago. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Name of the programming language used in/with FPC

2011-02-16 Thread Rich Saunders
On 2/16/11 11:27 AM, Sven Barth wrote: ...he's still happily alive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth Of course he is. I only meant he has not paid much attention to the Pascal language for decades. ;) ___ fpc-pascal maillist -