[fpc-devel] TFPHashList (Was: Alternative parsers)

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 20.10.2010 12:27, schrieb Alexander Klenin:
> 
> This sub-thread was started by mentioning the series of errors
> my student made when trying to implement case of string.
> Most of them was due to the fact the code used pchars and records
> instead of strings and (hierarchy of) objects.
> Surely, a more qualified developer would probably have avoided these,
> but still I think this is a good demonstration of adverse side-effects
> of micro-optimizations.

FPC is a production compiler and not an educational project. See
Martin's email, people care about the speed of FPC.