Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Preben Mikael Bohn
>> I'm quite sure that GPC is *not* a Pascal->C compiler, however it does use >> the GCC-backend to some extend, > That is true. I thought so. :-) > If you search a Pascal to C converter, have a look at p2c. I must admit that I prefer ptoc instead, don't remember the URL, though... Best regards

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 05:41:57PM +0100, Preben Mikael Bohn wrote: > > I suppose you have to pay that FPC is a Pascal->BIN compiler, whereas GPC > > is a Pascal->C compiler... > > (also explaining why FPC supports less platforms, because the GCC guys are > > doing the job ;-)) > > I'm quite su

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Preben Mikael Bohn
> Can FPC and GCC object files be linked together? It seems so... :-) Best regards Preben -- Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Andreas K. Foerster wrote: GPC hardly knows any Delphi dialect features, and those are the strong point of FPC (most of the development in language after 1997 deals with Delphi extensions). Well, I never worked with Delphi. So maybe GPC is really better for me. BTW. the name FreeDelphi would f

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Marco van de Voort
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > I suppose you have to pay that FPC is a Pascal->BIN compiler, whereas GPC > > is a Pascal->C compiler... > > (also explaining why FPC supports less platforms, because the GCC guys are > > doing the job ;-)) > > I'm quite sure that GPC is *not

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Preben Mikael Bohn
> I suppose you have to pay that FPC is a Pascal->BIN compiler, whereas GPC > is a Pascal->C compiler... > (also explaining why FPC supports less platforms, because the GCC guys are > doing the job ;-)) I'm quite sure that GPC is *not* a Pascal->C compiler, however it does use the GCC-backend to

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 03:12:11PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > True. There is pretty much no point in that, since the Pascal standards are > > effectively dead. (Borland 99.9% marketshare) > > Well, well... and who needs HTML standards when anybody uses Microsoft > products anyway...

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:06:53PM +1000, James Mills wrote: > it's quite compatible with standard pascal Oh, there is still a lot missing, even from the unextended standard. For example conformant arrays, internal files, filebuffer variables, global GOTO's(?) Procedure variables are implemented

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC

2003-01-28 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 03:12:11PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > True. There is pretty much no point in that, since the Pascal standards are > effectively dead. (Borland 99.9% marketshare) Well, well... and who needs HTML standards when anybody uses Microsoft products anyway... I hate that

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Andreas K. Foerster escribió: GNU Pascal is the better Pascal, when you look at the source code of your programming, but FreePascal is the better compiler, when you look at the binary that comes out... I suppose you have to pay that FPC is a Pascal->BIN compiler, whereas GPC is a Pascal->C co

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:42:37PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > > Will there also be sopport for conformant Arrays as they are defined > > > in standard Pascal (ISO-7185)? > > > > Not that I'm aware of (unless you plan to implement it ?

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Marco van de Voort
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:42:37PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > Will there also be sopport for conformant Arrays as they are defined > > > in standard Pascal (ISO-7185)? > > > > Not that I'm aware of (unless you plan to implement it ? ). > > No, I can't do it. > > The point is just,

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Anton Tichawa
Hello, List! On Tuesday 28 January 2003 14:06, James Mills wrote: > > What on earth would we want a more typed language ? Pascal is stongly > typed enough as it is, and is quite comfortable to use. People like > myself that have been using pascal for many many years will not be happy > to find tha

Re: [fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread James Mills
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:05:28PM +0100, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:42:37PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > > Will there also be sopport for conformant Arrays as they are defined > > > in standard Pascal (ISO-7185)? > > > > Not that I'm aware of (unless you p

[fpc-pascal]FPC vs. GPC (was:FPC 1.0.6 and open arrays)

2003-01-28 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:42:37PM +0100, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > Will there also be sopport for conformant Arrays as they are defined > > in standard Pascal (ISO-7185)? > > Not that I'm aware of (unless you plan to implement it ? ). No, I can't do it. The point is just, that I'm still d