[fpc-devel] PR: Advocates needed

[VisionForce]

The only reason those people think Pascal is bad is because it's been around 
for so long; they don't realize that it's maturing.

On the other hand, they might hate it because they're afraid it's going to 
take over their language.


Sincerely,
Alex C. Barberi
Chief Executive Officer
VisionForce
http://www.visionforceweb.com

> > Hey! The writter of that article is clearly pro-Python!
>
> I wonder... why most developers still think negatively about (object) 
> Pascal? Don't they ever heard about Delphi (in propietary world) or the 
> great FPC (in FLOSS world)? NO matter how good Delphi or FPC is, they 
> still talking about the lack and bad of Pascal! :(  I'd like to argue with 
> them about this! :|
>
> About the TurboCASH, I don't think it'd be easy to port it to FPC/Lazarus, 
> though it's still possible. First, the UI component, the biggest problem 
> IMO. They use a very complex and advance grid component (QuantumGrid) 
> which we don't have a clone for FPC/Lazarus (yet). Second, the BDE. 
> Firebird would the best alternative IMO, since it can be run as 
> client/server database, also as embedded database, without changing any 
> lines in the code. This'd be a big advantage for TurboCASH and the users. 
> But, converting BDE to Firebird is not as easy as it said. :) However, if 
> someone will really do TurboCASH Delphi-to-FPC convertion project, I'd 
> really like to help. :)
>
> By the way... currently I'm working on a dictionary application 
> (Indonesian-English and vice versa) using FPC/Lazarus, also a convertion 
> from Delphi. Can I put this project of mine on FPC site? On which section? 
> Whom I should contact? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Bee-
>
> has Bee.ography at
> http://beeography.modblog.com
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