> On Apr 25, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org>
> wrote:
>
> 'make it competitive with new entries in the market' is not a goal of the
> free pascal team.
>
> This is a hobby project for most devs. Monetary gain is not a goal.
>
> Probably sounds like an anachronism in this day and age, but there you are...
That’s what I thought initially. I understand Pascal is a hobby for many here
and they’re doing their best to keep the language alive in the face of an ever
changing market. Personally I just want Pascal to be the best it can be so I
can continue to use it in the future without making more and more compromises
in productivity.
The team has done a good job keeping up with the best (or at least popular) new
ideas in programming (like Generics, records with methods, interfaces) and
that’s why I like to share what ever ideas I have in case they’re useful. Small
things like “constref” are nice and go a long way to making the language feel
good to use.
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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