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Why Object Pascal is More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring the Power and Versatility of Delphi and FreePascal
Lazy post. Bad writing. Could be better.
Abuy wroteLazy post. Bad writing. Could be better.
i don't know what you were expecting but it reads fine and good to me...
thank you Liam for sharing it... also thank you for the FreeDOS interview shared on The Register! :)
wkitty42--- wrotethank you Liam for sharing it... also thank you for the FreeDOS interview shared on The Register! :)
Oh, you are very welcome. I am glad some people enjoyed it.
I mainly work in the Linux/Unix world and there are more and more people who honestly believe that _all_ languages are implemented in C at some level, and all OSes are C if you dig down low enough, and that the only real bare-metal compilers are C or something that translates to C or at least uses C's models.
Only the middle-aged know that this wasn't always the case, and even the older than middle aged -- my age group -- often believe that tools like DOS and Pascal/Delphi died out in the 20th century and are simply not options for any modern computer.
So when they see something like, say, Lazarus as FOSS, it can amaze them.
Which is one reason I wrote this:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/16/gcc_13_will_support_modula2/
Liam, the things you write are pretty consise and clear - the linked article however...it's like it was written by someone forced to do it for a homework assignment and they were going for a word count. :)
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geneb wroteLiam, the things you write are pretty consise and clear
I think my editor would choke on his tea to read me called "concise"!
- the linked article however...it's like it was written by someone forced to do it for a homework assignment and they were going for a word count. :)
It is a bit. It's 2023: it's possible it was generated by some chat bot!
OTOH, it looks mostly valid and correct to me -- no?
And it's good to see a mention of it. I think I found it on HN or somewhere but I can't remember now.
Hehe.
Possible. :)
OTOH, it looks mostly valid and correct to me -- no?
There's no errors in it really, but it's got that weird statement repetition you typically see in homework essays. :)
And it's good to see a mention of it. I think I found it on HN or somewhere but I can't remember now.
Absolutely!
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 11:21, wkitty42--- via fpc-pascal Oh, you are very welcome. I am…
oh! i know a fellow in Australia who might be interested in this... he writes OS/2 apps in Modula2, IIRC... i've posted the above link and the one to your interview with Lewis Rosenthal RE: Arca Noae to them on one of our mutual OS/2 related mailing lists... so there's two more hits for your recent articles, too! :)
sorry mr moderator! i'll get back on topic!