Subj : After Basic
To : Andy Ball
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Dec 03 2012 08:07 am
ML> you really should take a look at free pascal, then...
> it is multi-platform and multi-OS... granted, not
> everything is the same across the multi parts but
> most of it is... it is also still in development...
AB> Last time I looked at Free Pascal it wasn't as cross-
AB> platform as I would have liked.
when was that?
the biggest thing i find is which units you use... there are similar routines
in several units... if you are only working with X platform, then these units
are fine but if you want to work with X, Y and Z platforms, then you might want
to look at that unit and those routines over there... yes, it takes time and
documentation... speaking of which, there is a book available... i forget who
wrote it but the first was in german... i am not sure if they have an english
version available yet... i will have to dig for the details if you are
interested...
AB> For the work I'm likely to do now, that's probably less of an
AB> issue though. I've just downloaded the manual set and I'll have a
AB> look. Thanks for the suggestion.
you are welcome... i'm in FP/Laz pretty much every day as i have several
projects i've been working on to try to get familiar and comfortable with the
environment and the nuances of the language... it is very close to BP/TP but
there are some differences, for sure... i definitely want to get my most used
libraries converted over so that i can continue to use them and compile my
BP/TP projects for other platforms :)
