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What do you like about FPC?

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Alan Mead

I don't have time right now to read all the messages that flew today but I read enough to decide to send this note.

IMHO, FPC is like a dream come true. I love the fact that I can compile the same code on Windows and Linux (and others). I love the ways the compiler is (mostly) backwards-compatible with turbo pascal but also decidedly more powerful. For what I do, the documentation is very good. I have never needed to resort to checking out the source ... although I have asked some questions here.

I never used Delphi much. I can imagine Delphi-o-philes not being satisfied with FPC. Delphi is so much more than a compiler. I wouldn't bet against FPC reaching that level of bloat... I mean functionality... but it will take some time.

-Alan Mead

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Mark Emerson
to Alan Mead

Seconded.

Mark Emerson

Alan Mead wrote 26 lines
I don't have time right now to read all the messages that flew today but I read enough to decide to send this note. IMHO, FPC is like a dream come true. I love the fact that I can compile the same code on Windows and Linux (and others). I love the ways the compiler is (mostly) backwards-compatible with turbo pascal but also decidedly more powerful. For what I do, the documentation is very good. I have never needed to resort to checking out the source ... although I have asked some questions here. I never used Delphi much. I can imagine Delphi-o-philes not being satisfied with FPC. Delphi is so much more than a compiler. I wouldn't bet against FPC reaching that level of bloat... I mean functionality... but it will take some time. -Alan Mead __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
L D Blake
to Mark Emerson

In reply to your message of July 24, 2003

Seconded.

Thirded ??

I like the compiler just fine.

I was simply suggesting some improvements for the documentation.

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L D Blake