Re: [fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal

2008-12-01 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
n Mon, 12/1/08, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal > To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 2:24 AM > Bill writes: >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal

2008-11-30 Thread Francisco Reyes
Bill writes: I'm absolutely new to this list... and to Pascal. I was getting pretty good with Foxpro programming when MS bought and then changed the Although I have not tried Lazarus, I am not sure it will compare to what you had in Foxpro. My impression is that Foxpro was higher level and

[fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal

2008-11-16 Thread Bill
Graeme, Terrific answers and just what I was looking for. While I plugged around the net all yesterday morning I was unable to find the answer "any Delphi book should do." Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now I can plunk down my money and not expect to wait a week to find out that I am no clo

Re: [fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal

2008-11-15 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should I learn study FPC first and then move on to Lazarus, or just start > with Lazarus? I think it should be okay to start directly with Lazarus. Lazarus IDE makes project management much easier and has some fantastic editor fea

[fpc-pascal] Starting out with Free Pascal

2008-11-15 Thread Bill
Hello, I'm absolutely new to this list... and to Pascal. I was getting pretty good with Foxpro programming when MS bought and then changed the program, eventually to kill it. I see the need to get back into programming and I remember a Foxpro instructor saying that Pascal was similar. So her