Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michael Schnell wrote: On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. Of course rather off-topic here, but as yo

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Schnell
On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. Of course rather off-topic here, but as you ask: How usable is Lazarus for pas2js developm

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:13:25 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Benito van der Zander wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to vote for pointer support... > > "Pointers to records" are supported. Basically pointers are implemented as JS references. For example

Re: [fpc-pascal] Stack alias for ARC like memory management?

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Benito van der Zander wrote: Hi, I totally agree that available libraries like the above are what attract (or keep existing) users to Pascal, not some minor syntactical  sugar. But syntax features attract the library developers that will write those attractive librar

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Benito van der Zander wrote: Hi, I would like to vote for pointer support... "Pointers to records" are supported. But general purpose pointers and such are not planned. Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Stack alias for ARC like memory management?

2018-04-26 Thread Benito van der Zander
Hi, I totally agree that available libraries like the above are what attract (or keep existing) users to Pascal, not some minor syntactical  sugar. But syntax features attract the library developers that will write those attractive libraries Cheers, Benito On 25.04.2018 16:27, Dennis

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Benito van der Zander
Hi, I would like to vote for pointer support... Cheers, Benito On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Hello, Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. This tim

Re: [fpc-pascal] Stack alias for ARC like memory management?

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Marco van de Voort wrote: In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said: >From my point of view, you can do anything with FPC. Why would you not be able to build a GUI app with FPC/Lazarus ? The only difficult thing at this point - from my point of view - is interac

Re: [fpc-pascal] Stack alias for ARC like memory management?

2018-04-26 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said: > >From my point of view, you can do anything with FPC. > > Why would you not be able to build a GUI app with FPC/Lazarus ? > > The only difficult thing at this point - from my point of view - is > interaction with some Microsoft products such as

Re: [fpc-pascal] Stack alias for ARC like memory management?

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:18 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Available libraries for common programming tasks - and I mean this on a high-level level - are infinitely more important, so I don't need to get down to the gory details of many tasks: what

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-04-26 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Reimar Grabowski wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:43:30 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Ah, webgl... I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Can you elaborate? Nothing special, simply the sheer size of it :( Michael. ___