[fpc-pascal] Why I?m choosing (Object) Pascal

[Matt Emson]

On 7 Apr 2008, at 20:07, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

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> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote:
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> Linux works (I did the port myself) but is still a bit rough on the
> deployment side, so they don't include it officially yet.
> And if linux works, the other platforms should work also (I took care
> of that during porting).

It looks very expensive still. $995 is a lot of money when compared to  
other frameworks (RAILS come to mind, and ASP.NET via Mono.) You also  
have to look at things like OpenLaszlo and Adobe Flex. If I was  
writing a RIA, Flex is the route I would take (passable IDE, nice  
enough language, very Powerful), runs on 90%+ of Intel based operating  
systems, including Mac OS X, LINUX and Windows. Also runs on many  
mobile phones and PDA's - N800/N810 (via full plugin), N series  
Symbian based phones and many others (via Flash Lite 3.0.) If you  
forgo the IDE, Flex is completely free.