On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:09 -0500 (EST), Yuri Prokushev wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 22:14:40 +0100, Carsten Strotmann wrote:
>
>>>So far there are 17 people subscribed (!!) which want to support the
>>>project, I consider this as a *very* good start :-) Looks like there
>>>are quite a lot of other developers who would like to have an up to
>>>date RAD-Tool for OS/2.
>>>
>>>[..]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Compiler:
>>>Another important question is which compiler to take. Alex and
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] think FreePascal might be the best choice because
>>>it's open source and we can change whatever we want. I first thought
>>>about VP but as it looks like it's not that good supported the past
>>>month and the author does not have the time needed. Because we don't
>>>have all data types we need in VP we should maybe start with FreePascal
>>>and if we have a working version we still can think about other
>>>compilers.
>>>URL: http://www.freepascal.org
>>>
>>There are 17 people starting with this project, and I hope there will be
>>even more in the future.
>>With so much people and propable more ideas about the direction this
>>project should go, it should be kept open for
>>* more than one specific compiler
>>* more that one specific target system
>>* more than one specific host system
>And in the future we'll have monter with tons of bugs. I think, we must select one
>target,
>one host and ont compiler, but don't close project to other ideas and implementation.
>
Yes, best stick to the basics first, then expand the project to other systems and
compliers. Yuri mentioned
Project Lazarus for FreePascal. I agree that we maybe could use part of that for our
work. Would it save time
too? OK, there might be more work in getting FreePascal OS/2 API working good, I don't
know.
>>I think we should make this project open enough to not close out helping
>>hands, without sacrifying speed and release time.
>Of couse.
>
>>I would personally prefer
>> compiler: virtual pascal
>> target: OS/2, Linux, Win32
>> host: OS/2
>Ok.
>Compiler: fpc
>Target: OS/2
>Host: OS/2
>
Since I a looking mainly for OS/2 support (with Win32 a far off second) either sounds
OK to me. I already
have Virtual Pascal, but can download a copy of FreePascal if that's the way we go.
Emx is OK, but "native
OS/2" always sounds better. Still whichever is easiest.
Oh, BTW, please understand if I say anything that seems silly - it is quite a long
time since I did any serious
programming in Pascal (and I never tried to write a complier or add-on to pascal). I
am rather rusty on it! Last
time I used it for serious work was Turbo Pascal 3 under CP/M (that is 10 years ago
now).
Hope I can be of use as a tester though! I might need talking through some things
others just know should be
easy.
Ray
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