I couldn't agree more. I still program in (what everyone now calls console) pascal. While working on a large project, will even go into virtual machine to use the Borland Pascal 7 IDE, which works a little better than the FPC IDE.
Of course, having started pascal with Borland's Pascal for CPM almost 40 years ago, one might call me an luddite of a fashion. I have written a few small windows type apps, but still prefer console. More of the programming is for function instead of display. On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 3:29 AM Alexander Grotewohl <a...@dcclost.com> wrote: > I can't help but feel like they'd still just download regular fpc and use > it at the console with the help of a minimal syntax highlighting editor. > Don't get me wrong, that's exactly how I like to use fpc, but I already > know lazarus is awesome for all the bells and whistles. > > The problem with the types of classes that use pascal for teaching is the > same as the ones that use BASIC: They just want to teach you looping and > using variables and stuff. The absolute basics. In these instances it > doesn't matter how cool the language is if you're not an experienced enough > programmer to use it. Perhaps a decent target would be a database course, > where Lazarus has a better chance to shine, and the users actually have a > chance to see what's in the RTL/LCL/etc. > As an aside, I don't think the pascal community is that small, it's just > spread out. There are a lot of other implementations people cling to > (myself included). > > Alex > > On 3/31/2018 7:57 AM, Mr Bee via fpc-pascal wrote: > > > 2018-03-30 16:19 GMT+07:00 Ingemar Ragnemalm <inge...@ragnemalm.se>: > >> >> The logo is very good, and well connected to the tradtion set by the >> animated gif. The alternative would be to use a frame of the animation, or >> similar sideways cheetah, but scaled up so it can have different >> resolutions. But the head is more compact, which speaks in its favor. >> > > Thank you. > > >> I am not sure how bit the *need* is but it doesn't hurt to have an >> official still image logo. > > > If we want the young generation to know Pascal with a new paradigm, a > modern programming language paradigm, I think this branding effort is quite > important. There are so many people still think that Pascal today is still > the old 70's Pascal. I even found many universities, at least in my > country, that still teach Pascal using Turbo Pascal. When I introduced them > to new and modern Pascal, the FPC/Lazarus (or Delphi), they were amazed at > how modern Pascal is! > > -- > > Regards, > > > –Mr Bee > > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - > fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.orghttp://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
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