>From "Kostas"
> As to why, as i wrote in the comment in > the merge request, i was curious about the Gtk 1.2 state, noticed that > it didn't work and decided to fix it. I just simply like it when > software doesn't drop support for old stuff just because they are old. I > am into retrocomputing and various retrocomputing communities and i like > being able to use modern software in retro environments (if anything i'd > like to see what it'd take to bring back Win9x support to both FPC and > Lazarus as in a game i made for a gamejam a couple of years ago i had to > use several year old versions of FPC to make a Win9x version that would > work with graphics cards on my older computers - like 3dfx Voodoo - and > couldn't make the editor available for it because it wouldn't compile on > the last Lazarus that supported Win9x - at least i was able to use the > latest FPC for the DOS version, which is great). Personally, I have deep respect to people who fight against entropy (in all senses). That make FPC/Lazarus community so special in my view. Please go on. -- Regards, Denis Golovan -- _______________________________________________ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
