My Delphi experience is limited to going through "Delphi for Dummies" a few years back, I was once a proficient Turbo Pascal 5 programmer. I've been using FPC.. one of the things I really like about it is being able to compile the same code on Windows and Linux.
I've been given a copy of Delphi (8, altough I may exchange it for 7) and been asked to create a class that implements some non-visual functionality (it will perform searches on textual data, like Google.com). I'm dreading giving up Linux compatibility. Is it possible that I could create the required class in such a way that it can be compiled by both Delphi 7/8 and also by FPC? If it's possible, is it *reasonable* that I do this as a Delphi novice? Got any tips on things to avoid? I'm not even sure how I will do it without a command line.... Any recommendations on a good book for my context? Using FPC and the FPC docs, I tried making a class over the weekend and I did something majorly wrong... I don't grok the difference between an object field and a class property. Thanks! -Alan _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
