On 2013-02-27 22:40, ik wrote: > For example 1000.to_string ?! I have it on Ruby and Java, but it's not > Pascal syntax. > Same goes for array constructors.
Both of those are just hideous to me. Very un-Pascal like. :-( > I actually starting to ask the same questions of Graeme, do we really > want to follow Delphi instead of creating a more Pascal like dialect ? And to make matters worse... FPC isn't very Delphi [2009 and later] compatible anyway. It copies some features but not all. Then the some it does copy might not be fully functional yet, or has a different syntax. I tried multiple times to make a Delphi 2009+ project of mine work with FPC 2.7.1, and I just can't succeed. I fix or work around one issue, just to be blocked by another. I still believe FPC should leave the "delphi compatible" idea, or clearly state that it means "compatible with Delphi 7 for legacy purposes" and nothing newer. Then innovate the rest of the language on its own in a Pascal-like manner. FPC now definitely finds itself in the Jascal.NET territory. ;-) Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
