On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Tom Walsh wrote:
> ik wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wonder how can we make Pascal and FPC more attractive to people, and > > I believe in what Donal Knuth have said: > > > > "The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A > > language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently > > invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable > > language." > > > > So I believe that if we will change the name, it might help. What do > > you think ? And what name will you prefer to see FPC as ? > > > > > > FWIW, I am in the early stages of a commercial development using Free Pascal > and have to submit weekly progress reports. I cringe whenever I have to put > the phrase "Free Pascal Compiler" in the report! This project is with a > company that just spent 4+ million US dollars on a Java solution (client and > server side) to replace all their old Pascal code, then, their clients told > them they didn't like the Java solution, that they wanted to keep using the > Pascal stuff! And rightly so :-) Obviously their clients have more sense than this company does... > Not that the compiler is junky, but the word "Free" does have a negative > connotation. Many business people still associate "free software" with that > of being low-quality. Business people are used to paying thousands of dollars > for any development software worthy of notice, the word "free" doesn't fit > into their thinking. Well, change their thinking. You are not doing us or yourself a favour by allowing their braindead habits to continue existing... But if you must, write FPC (to stop you from cringing) or write Lazarus instead. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
