On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 08:18:22AM -0000, Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
This has been an interesting debate, but I fail to see the point of prolonging it. What has been raised is a fundamental question about whether and to what extent GPC should aim for Delphi compatibility. On that question the silence of other members of this list has been deafening. I can only assume that this is because no-one else is interested in Delphi compatibility. If so, then it renders any debate moot. If not, then it would be good to hear what others think.
I will not prolong the debate, but just give my opinion.
Personally, I am not particularly interested in Delphi compatibility. I find it more important to have a good (standard) Pascal compiler available under Solaris, Linux, Mac OS, ...
Tom