Re: [fpc-pascal] Question on how to avoid memory trouble

2007-02-06 Thread Peter Vreman
At 23:39 5-2-2007, you wrote: I think that its great that the hornet's nest that I stirred up might mean that a new unit of container classes gets written... ...My trouble remains... Getting a better containers unit is nice, but the root of the problem seems to be the memory manager. Delphi's

[fpc-pascal] RE: Question on how to avoid memory trouble

2007-02-06 Thread Jeff Pohlmeyer
Does somebody have something in source that they'd share with this poor guy, please? Maybe you can find something here? http://torry.net/pages.php?id=256 - Jeff ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question on how to avoid memory trouble

2007-02-06 Thread Micha Nelissen
Wayne Sherman wrote: > Getting a better containers unit is nice, but the root of the problem > seems to be the memory manager. Delphi's old memory manager had No. > fragmentation issues also. That is why NexusMM, BucketMM and FastMM we The memory manager cannot fix fragmentation in TStringList

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Dave Walker
>> As no >> SCO install is available (and I understand why), I'm kinda between the >> rock >> and the hard place. > >Well, I don't see why one would bother with SCO nowadays. However, if you >want to do it, be our guest :) It's not a matter of wanting to, it's a matter of having to. Business de

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Tiziano_mk
Daniël Mantione wrote: Op Tue, 6 Feb 2007, schreef Tiziano_mk: I presume you ask this because you would like to translate that FAQ entry. exactly, the translation is made litterally, but my wife doesn't like it :-) of his boots. In general it means "get something" starting with nearly no

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Tue, 6 Feb 2007, schreef Tiziano_mk: > Vincent Snijders wrote: > > Tiziano_mk schreef: > > > > > What do you understand? What is it that you don't understand? > > > > > > > > Bootstrapping: > > > FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a > > ok, here is a nice explan

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Tiziano_mk
Vincent Snijders wrote: Tiziano_mk schreef: What do you understand? What is it that you don't understand? Bootstrapping: FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a ok, here is a nice explanation from Marco's buildfaq glossary: "bootstrapping is the entire process of

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Tue, 6 Feb 2007, schreef Marco van de Voort: > > Marco van de Voort schrieb: > > > > > > This ranges from Windows 64-bit > > > > I use and maintain Win64 daily? > > So does Peter with Solaris. And Tomas(/Daniel?) with OS/2. But it rather > limited compared to the core platforms (even OS X

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Marco van de Voort
> Marco van de Voort schrieb: > > > > This ranges from Windows 64-bit > > I use and maintain Win64 daily? So does Peter with Solaris. And Tomas(/Daniel?) with OS/2. But it rather limited compared to the core platforms (even OS X, e.g. Jonas, Vincent and me all have macs) There is a reason why

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Marco van de Voort schrieb: > > This ranges from Windows 64-bit I use and maintain Win64 daily? ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Marco van de Voort
> Op Mon, 5 Feb 2007, schreef Daaave: > > As no > > SCO install is available (and I understand why), I'm kinda between the rock > > and the hard place. > > Well, I don't see why one would bother with SCO nowadays. However, if you > want to do it, be our guest :) Didn't Carl mess with SCO at some

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 05 Feb 2007, at 20:52, Daaave wrote: However -- Am I correct in my understanding that I need the FPC compiler to compile the FPC compiler? Yes. If so, how far back to I have to go version-wise to get a compiler that doesn't require the FPC compiler to compile? As no SCO install is a

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Daniël Mantione
Op Mon, 5 Feb 2007, schreef Daaave: > > We're presently using an *old* (DOS) Pascal compiler on SCO Unix. > Unfortunately, we've reached the end of the usable life of this compiler. > The replacement we've provisionally chosen is FPC. > > I've been using the Windows version of the IDE and c

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Marco van de Voort
> I am not sure to understand this text from FPC FAQs item no. 3. > Can someone explain better? > > Bootstrapping: > FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a > commandline compiler. New architectures/OSes are crosscompiled. GPC > bootstraps via a suitable version of GCC, and

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Daaave schrieb: > We're presently using an *old* (DOS) Pascal compiler on SCO Unix. > Unfortunately, we've reached the end of the usable life of this compiler. > The replacement we've provisionally chosen is FPC. > > I've been using the Windows version of the IDE and compiler to convert my > so

[fpc-pascal] FPC for SCO Unix

2007-02-06 Thread Daaave
We're presently using an *old* (DOS) Pascal compiler on SCO Unix. Unfortunately, we've reached the end of the usable life of this compiler. The replacement we've provisionally chosen is FPC. I've been using the Windows version of the IDE and compiler to convert my source files, and am quite pl

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2007, at 09:49, Tiziano_mk wrote: I am not sure to understand this text from FPC FAQs item no. 3. Can someone explain better? Bootstrapping: FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a commandline compiler. "a command line compiler" should actually read "a exist

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Vincent Snijders
Tiziano_mk schreef: I am not sure to understand this text from FPC FAQs item no. 3. Can someone explain better? What do you understand? What is it that you don't understand? Bootstrapping: FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a commandline compiler. New architecture

[fpc-pascal] Compiler bootstrapping?

2007-02-06 Thread Tiziano_mk
I am not sure to understand this text from FPC FAQs item no. 3. Can someone explain better? Bootstrapping: FPC requires a suitable set of binutils (AS,AR,LD), gmake and a commandline compiler. New architectures/OSes are crosscompiled. GPC bootstraps via a suitable version of GCC, and requires a

Re: [fpc-pascal] support for FreeBSD4 broken in fpc 2.0.4

2007-02-06 Thread Marco van de Voort
> Am Sonntag, den 28.01.2007, 22:55 +0100 schrieb Marco van de Voort: > (verified by compiling lazarus). The missing link from the start on was > the -Xf switch and a clean de- and reinstallation. > > So I'm happy but there are some small questions left: > > What about the other two items > > fp