Am 17.02.2013 18:10, schrieb ik: >> >> For what? For the fun? FPC is probably by far the most successful non >> company supported oss compiler so I'am sure I know what is important. > > > Yes to solve everything but keep it for yourself :P
Wrong: FPC is OSS so I don't keep it for myself, if people cannot read svn rss feeds or release announcement, well, I cannot help. > Nice, Pascal is at the same level of usage and exposure as gcc, Linux > kernel and llvm, And you think some fancy webpage filled with java script (which is turned off in my browser) would change this? >>> >>> It's not easy to find documentation for things, some are at the wiki, >> >> A compiler is not a toy, and I know that serious programmers find the >> needed docs. > > > Sure that compile is a toy, it can't do much, just parse something and > move it to be something else :P Well, then it's also fine not to waste time with docs. People like to discover new stuff in their toys. > > And documentation should be at one place, including new features, > workarounds etc... for old versions. Possible, and who should do this work? > Look at: > > http://ruby-doc.org/ > http://www.python.org/doc/ > http://perldoc.perl.org/ > http://golang.org/doc/ > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/ > http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/ > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ > https://developers.google.com/ > > Should I continue, or do you get my point ? Yes, I got it: you compare fpc docs written by a few people in their spare leisure time with docs written and maintaned mainly by multi billion companies existing for decades. >> >> FPC is still growing so what is your point? > > If a tree fall in the forest and no one hear about it, did it made a sound ? > > My point is that features are good, but when on one knows about it, then > what's the point of it all ? So what do you miss in the 2.6.0 news post? What do you miss in the android news post? _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
