[fpc-devel] Portability Standards

[Tomas Hajny]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:56:07 -0000, peter green wrote
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fpc-devel-bounces at lists.freepascal.org
> > [mailto:fpc-devel-bounces at lists.freepascal.org]On Behalf Of Marco van de
> erstanding of include files. Codetools don't work at
> > all if you use
> > > include files. That said: $ifdefs confuse it as well...
> >
> > That is one, the another is that they simply have support less
> > targets. A ifdef that is
> > not bad with two possibilities, becomes annoying with 20.
> 
> Apart from win32 almost all operating systems that are used by 
> anyone are unix like enough to be considered the same. At least in 
> normal code (things like the rtl of course are a very different 
> matter).

You don't want a flamewar here, do you? Let's put it mildly - I don't agree
with your statement about "all operating systems used by anyone", as I know
quite a few distinct operating systems (different from Unix and Win32) which
are still used by quite a few people in total (even if you don't care at all).

If you want to discuss this particular question further, please, use my
private e-mail for responding.

Tomas