Once and for all, PLEASE get the name right!

I have read many of the discussions about the new website design and content, and saw "trial" screenshots etc. VERY OFTEN the name "Free Pascal" in incorrectly spelt.

Get it right people.

Regards,
- Graeme -

I have read many of the discussions about the new website design and content, and saw "trial" screenshots etc. VERY OFTEN the name "Free Pascal" in incorrectly spelt.

Does it really matter? I don't think it's important whether people use "free pascal" or "freepascal" as long as it means FPC. Personally, I prefer "freepascal". Because when you said "free pascal", it doesn't automatically refer to FPC. There are some other "free pascal" out there i.e. GNU Pascal, Turbo Pascal, etc. But when you said "freepascal", people who know FPC will automatically understand that it's FPC, and people who don't know FPC will ask "what is it?" instead of "which one?".

The most matter currently is how we gonna build the content for Lazarus website as it's the most popular IDE for FreePascal. ;)

Of course it does.

I suppose you wouldn't like to be called Beejay all the time ? It's the same thing.

Michael.

Bee Jay wrote

Does it really matter?

Yes. It's a product name, it needs to be reference correctly.

prefer "freepascal". Because when you said "free pascal", it doesn't automatically refer to FPC. There are some other "free pascal" out

In that case, it must be taken up with Florian so the "official" name of the product/project must be changed. But I doubt that will happen, so again, the correct spelling should be used.

If you want to use FPC in the website, then simply state the full name and mention that the acronym will be used from then onwards.

eg:
bla bla bla Free Pascal Compiler (FPC from now onwards). FPC is great. :)

Regards,
- Graeme -