Subj : After Basic
To   : Andy Ball
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Dec 03 2012 08:07:49

   ML> you really should take a look at free pascal, then...
     > it is multi-platform and multi-OS... granted, not
     > everything is the same across the multi parts but
     > most of it is... it is also still in development...

 AB>     Last time I looked at Free Pascal it wasn't as cross-
 AB> platform as I would have liked.  

when was that?

the biggest thing i find is which units you use... there are similar routines 
in several units... if you are only working with X platform, then these units 
are fine but if you want to work with X, Y and Z platforms, then you might want 
to look at that unit and those routines over there... yes, it takes time and 
documentation... speaking of which, there is a book available... i forget who 
wrote it but the first was in german... i am not sure if they have an english 
version available yet... i will have to dig for the details if you are 
interested...

 AB> For the work I'm likely to do now, that's probably less of an 
 AB> issue though.  I've just downloaded the manual set and I'll have a 
 AB> look.  Thanks for the suggestion.

you are welcome... i'm in FP/Laz pretty much every day as i have several 
projects i've been working on to try to get familiar and comfortable with the 
environment and the nuances of the language... it is very close to BP/TP but 
there are some differences, for sure... i definitely want to get my most used 
libraries converted over so that i can continue to use them and compile my 
BP/TP projects for other platforms :)

)\/(ark

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