Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Thursday 16 March 2006 23:12, L505 wrote: > I always harp on this fact - for example perl is written in C, python > is written in C, php is written in C, but if you want to learn from > the sources why shouldn't it be python is written in python and php > is written with a php compiler. And we

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Thursday 16 March 2006 16:35, memsom wrote: > Pascal on Linux etc is niche. Yeah, that has always been my problem. Programming for environments and in languages that are usually both considered niche. Nonetheless I do it. And I even get fucking paid for it. And most important: It really wor

Re: [fpc-pascal] Lazarus

2006-03-16 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 3/17/06, Gökhan Ersumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, I said so (on last paragraph) but IMO this is > bad for maintanence and/or component writers. I wrote TTrayIcon component to implement multiplatform system tray and also did a lot of things on the Qt interface for Lazarus, and also start

[fpc-pascal] Lazarus

2006-03-16 Thread G�khan
>Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:15:45 -0300 >From: "Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho" >>On 3/16/06, Gökhan Ersumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yep I meant creating VMT at runtime,It does not seems >> like a good practice to me. >Where is the code that creates VMT at runtime? Just >curiosity,

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread L505
> One of the things I think works best for lazarus is that it is written in the > same language it uses - so every user is a potential contributor (unlike most > programs and IDE's users typically CAN program) which is why I think it has > such an amazing rate of expansion - we must be averaging a

[fpc-pascal] os dependency with ifdef

2006-03-16 Thread Marc Santhoff
Hi, I' like to know how I should write code for different system. SInce I'm no Linux user nor have any experience on MacOS I need to know how to wrap platform dependant code. Since I'm still fiddling with reading the serial port I have the idea that linux and even MacOS may be very similar to my

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread A.J. Venter
> There is no reason why Lazarys would/will not become production ready. > Proof: It is in production use already. As one of the production users - I can vouch for this. There are several others on this list whom I know are doing production work in Lazarus as well, Graeme and Tony for starters.

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Marco van de Voort
> > What he meant is that supporting fpc/lazarus development > > is a quite more tangible task than trying to buy and support delphi. > > No, he said "Why don't they switch to and support FPC/Lazarus instead of > doing that?". Tha is a large dig at Delphi. Correct. > Until FPD is completely > c

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 3/16/06, Gökhan Ersumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep I meant creating VMT at runtime,It does not seems > like a good practice to me. Where is the code that creates VMT at runtime? Just curiosity, because I've being working with Lazarus, but I never noticed it. It probably doesn't matter fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Alexandre Leclerc wrote: > On 3/16/06, Gökhan Ersumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > User-level delphi compatibility is enough for masses > > (e.g Form designer, properties vs), as long as it have > > quality/stability, internal workings of components is > > not so importan

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, Gökhan Ersumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > User-level delphi compatibility is enough for masses > (e.g Form designer, properties vs), as long as it have > quality/stability, internal workings of components is > not so important, but as I said above, with current > implementation I don

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:24:12 -0800 (PST) > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:13:57 +0100 > From: Mattias Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org > To: FPC-Pascal users discussions > > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, memsom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The include files are evil unless the IDE auto inlines them into the > sourcefile. Now, that is an awesome idea... but you would need the +/- in the gutter (side bar?) in cas we talk about multiple includes based on defines clauses... and save the in

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread L505
- Original Message - From: "Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org > I'm not complaining, just saying that the source is sometimes hard to > figure out for so

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Flávio Etrusco
Hey, great idea! How come I never thought of it? ;-) It'll be on my to-do list for SynEdit :-) -Flávio On 3/16/06, memsom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note that there have been discussions in the past that e.g. for release > > purposes could be generated per platform that has the necessary in

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread L505
On 3/16/06, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to simplify that and still be multi-platform very > > easely? Indeed, that is very much hard to track down the units. (In > > comparison, Delphi is cleaner, but it is not as multi-platform / > > multi-GUI as laz is.) > T

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Rodrigo Palhano
Agreed. But talking about being realistic, buying delphi and supporting it seems quite an unrealistic attempt too. On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:40:03 -0300, memsom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What he meant is that supporting fpc/lazarus development is a quite more tangible task than trying to buy and

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread memsom
> Note that there have been discussions in the past that e.g. for release > purposes could be generated per platform that has the necessary includes > inlined. It is just the matter of finding sb to write the generator. That would have been me complaining ;-) The include files are evil unless th

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Florian Klaempfl
memsom wrote: >>> I'm sure Lazerus is a fine IDE, but it is not on a par with BDS. >> That depends on the POV. Lazarus has a lot of things Delphi/BDS doesn't >> have >> like multiplatform support and a good optimizing compiler etc, so you can >> also >> easily say BDS isn't on a par with FPC/Lazaru

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread memsom
> What he meant is that supporting fpc/lazarus development > is a quite more tangible task than trying to buy and support delphi. No, he said "Why don't they switch to and support FPC/Lazarus instead of doing that?". Tha is a large dig at Delphi. Until FPD is completely compatible with Delphi 5 on

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread memsom
>> I'm sure Lazerus is a fine IDE, but it is not on a par with BDS. > > That depends on the POV. Lazarus has a lot of things Delphi/BDS doesn't > have > like multiplatform support and a good optimizing compiler etc, so you can > also > easily say BDS isn't on a par with FPC/Lazarus :) You're suf

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Donnerstag, den 16.03.2006, 09:24 +0100 schrieb Marco van de Voort: > While I'm not a .NET lover (I wrote the FPC section on .NET), but while > we all know that .NET is at best M$'s copy of Java, that doesn't mean that This will change with version 3 of .net, I looked at an article in the ger

[fpc-pascal] Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 19, Issue 24

2006-03-16 Thread G�khan
Message: 7 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:13:57 +0100 From: Mattias Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org To: FPC-Pascal users discussions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:57:23 -0800 (PST) > > > --

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: >> I'm not complaining, just saying that the source is sometimes hard to >> figure out for some people, like me (I must say I did not went in it >> that much). > > The problem is not include files, the problem is that the code needs > better comments and better d

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
> I'm not complaining, just saying that the source is sometimes hard to > figure out for some people, like me (I must say I did not went in it > that much). The problem is not include files, the problem is that the code needs better comments and better documentation. > > Includefiles are not evil

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Thursday 16 March 2006 08:24, Marco van de Voort wrote: > While I'm not a .NET lover (I wrote the FPC section on .NET), but > while we all know that .NET is at best M$'s copy of Java, Well, it may be a copy, but if you take a closer look at it, it's actually better than Java, at least on the

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can you check Delphi's source for cleanness ? It is not available, > > > except for a few modules like RTL,VCL. > > > > Well Marco, I was talking about the "RTL, VCL" pa

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexandre Leclerc wrote: > > On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>How can you check Delphi's source for cleanness ? It is not available, > >>except for a few modules like RTL,VCL. > > > > > > Well Marco, I was ta

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Vincent Snijders
Alexandre Leclerc wrote: On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can you check Delphi's source for cleanness ? It is not available, except for a few modules like RTL,VCL. Well Marco, I was talking about the "RTL, VCL" part, not the source of the actual devel tool, inter

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can you check Delphi's source for cleanness ? It is not available, > > except for a few modules like RTL,VCL. > > Well Marco, I was talking about the "RTL, VCL" part, not the source of > the actual devel tool, interface, etc. Only

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/16/06, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to simplify that and still be multi-platform very > > easely? Indeed, that is very much hard to track down the units. (In > > comparison, Delphi is clea

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/16/06, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can you check Delphi's source for cleanness ? It is not available, > except for a few modules like RTL,VCL. Well Marco, I was talking about the "RTL, VCL" part, not the source of the actual devel tool, interface, etc. Only from the po

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 3/16/06, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way to simplify that and still be multi-platform very > easely? Indeed, that is very much hard to track down the units. (In > comparison, Delphi is cleaner, but it is not as multi-platform / > multi-GUI as laz is.) This kind o

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On 3/15/06, L505 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you mean hacking class parents? What I noticed was tons and tons of > > abstraction and tons and tons of layering. So much layering that when I try > > to > > find a bug, I go into the code and start chasing hundreds of units looking > > f

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: OpenDelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Alexandre Leclerc
On 3/15/06, L505 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean hacking class parents? What I noticed was tons and tons of > abstraction and tons and tons of layering. So much layering that when I try to > find a bug, I go into the code and start chasing hundreds of units looking for > the real piec

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Adriaan van Os wrote: > Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > >> Bisma Jayadi wrote: >> >>> IMO, .Net is just a bussiness buzz from M$ to attract their customers >>> and prevent them from switching to Un*x systems. Speaking >>> technically, I saw nothing new in the .Net technology. It's just a >>> combination

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Rodrigo Palhano
Nice post, - the framework is huge. This is more important than it seems. Less components to buy, more people using a standarised set of components. It has its attraction. On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:24:51 -0300, Marco van de Voort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tottaly agree, this has been microsoft

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Adriaan van Os
Vinzent Hoefler wrote: Bisma Jayadi wrote: IMO, .Net is just a bussiness buzz from M$ to attract their customers and prevent them from switching to Un*x systems. Speaking technically, I saw nothing new in the .Net technology. It's just a combination of Java (on the system architecture) and Del

[fpc-pascal] OT : testing spam filtering to list ?

2006-03-16 Thread Tony Pelton
sorry for doing this, but i got a bounce on a list reply. will this message go through ? -- X-SA user ? 0.5.1 is out ! XData 0.1 for X-SA is out ! http://x-plane.dsrts.com http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/x-plane-foo/ ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-

[fpc-pascal] Compiler allocates 40 bytes on the stack

2006-03-16 Thread Carsten Bager
I have written a procedure TestVar Procedure TestVar; Begin End; If I look at the assembler code, it looks like the compiler allocates 40 bytes on the stack. Is there anybody who knows the reason for this? Regards Carsten Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.2 [2006/02/28] for arm Copyright (c)

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On Thursday 16 March 2006 04:17, Bisma Jayadi wrote: > > > IMO, .Net is just a bussiness buzz from M$ to attract their customers > > and prevent them from switching to Un*x systems. Speaking > > technically, I saw nothing new in the .Net technology. It's just a > > combination of Java (on the sy

Re: [fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

2006-03-16 Thread Vinzent Hoefler
On Thursday 16 March 2006 04:17, Bisma Jayadi wrote: > IMO, .Net is just a bussiness buzz from M$ to attract their customers > and prevent them from switching to Un*x systems. Speaking > technically, I saw nothing new in the .Net technology. It's just a > combination of Java (on the system archite