I belong to a mailing list for a defunt open source chemical process simulator (Sim42). Members of the list are now showing interest in restarting the effort. It was originally written in python which cause some speed issues. Several of the list members (including me) suggested freepascal and lazarus. The gentleman spearheading the effort sent the following and I would like to know what is the best way to respond. I do not know what features define a "modern language" and would like to know what points to bring up.
"My personal objective is not just to put out a simulator, but a fast and efficient simulator. Furthermore, personally, I do not consider a program portable if it is written in a language which very few can understand. A modern language such as any of the .NET languages will meet the efficiency objective but portability remains an issue. While I do have the Visual Studio .NET and I am happy with it, I understand that not everybody has it and it is not cheap. I looked at the Lazarus project and (at least at a first glance) it is indeed very "Visual" and will likely do the job. It will however, limit us to Pascal which is not really a modern language. For those of you who are in favor of using Lazarus, can you assure the rest of us that Pascal has been modernized? " Thanks for any help Matt Henley _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
