On 2023-03-18 16:06:49 +0000, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 18/03/2023 12:15, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > >> I think you might be meaning TurboPascal, Delphi's forerunner. It just > >> had a compiler and text editor. > > > > I'd still classify Turbo Pascal as an IDE. It wasn't a standalone > > compiler you would invoke on source files you wrote with some other > > It had both
I didn't mention that because I think it is irrelevant to the question
whether Turbo Pascal as an IDE or not.
What is relevant IMNSHO is that it did indeed provide an "integraded
environment" for "developing", combining all those tools which were
traditionally separate in one user interface.
> Indeed, but it was intrinsic to Delphi (even though you could
> write non GUI apps too, but they required extra effort.)
> Eclipse et al have GUI builders available as extras, in Delphi
> (and Lazurus) it is hard to avoid.
This is starting to sound like "Delphi is the only True™ IDE".
hp
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