[fpc-devel] PR: Advocates needed

[Florian Klaempfl]

VisionForce wrote:

> Well that's interesting, I didn't know that. How is that so? I mean,
> what makes it less error prone? 

The syntax and semantics of language can be designed in a way to avoid common
mistakes and reduce debugging time.

> Isn't it the programmer?

The language can help the programmer to write error free code.

> 
> 
>> VisionForce wrote:
>>
>>> You all may hate me after I say this, but creating software in VB or
>>> VB.NET goes very, very quickly. But I guess since you're trying to
>>> advocate Pascal right now, this information doesn't help you any.
>>
>>
>> Well, my personal experience is, that in total Delphi/Object Pascal is
>> still
>> faster because it's less error prone.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Alex C. Barberi
>>> Chief Executive Officer
>>> VisionForce
>>> http://www.visionforceweb.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:06, Florian Klaempfl wrote:
>>>
>>>> Daniël Mantione wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Check this...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/1647217
>>>>>
>>>>> ... huge accounting program. Formerly propietary, now GPL, that is in
>>>>> need
>>>>> from porting from Delphi to Free Pascal to become true free software.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only problem is, they are not only considering Free Pascal,
>>>>> but also Python.
>>>>>
>>>>> Goal: convince the Turbocash project that Free Pascal is the best
>>>>> choice,
>>>>> at least much better than Python.
>>>>> - http://www.turbocash.co.za
>>>>>
>>>>> It is big in the press, LWN mentions it as well:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lwn.net/Articles/168143/
>>>>>
>>>>> Please check if it appears on other news sites and please guard the
>>>>> sites
>>>>> mentioned for "Pascal is a language for noobs"-like trolling.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does Python have any IDE comparable with lazarus?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does Python run as fast as FPC?
>>>
>>>
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