[fpc-devel] Project Idea: Mini-FPC

[Jeff Duntemann]

If a "mini-FPC" were to be created to help popularize the Pascal 
language and get beginners interested and up to speed, it would be more 
useful to provide a simple IDE than a stripped-down compiler. The 
console FP IDE has never worked well for me (crashes a lot) and Lazarus 
is very large and intimidatingly complex. I'd rather see some effort put 
into an easy-to-install beginner's programming environment than in 
pulling features out of the compiler. I know this isn't the forum for 
that discussion, but I did want to make the suggestion.

--73--

--Jeff Duntemann
   Colorado Springs, Colorado


On 9/10/2011 6:12 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Skybuck Flying schrieb:
>
>> Nano would be:
>>
>> One integer type, one string type, branch support, loop support, 
>> basic support, object orientation support, property support, array 
>> support, virtual methods support.
>
> You'll have much trouble in *removing* existing features from FPC, 
> affecting parser, error handling, intermediate representation, code 
> generation and more at the same time.
>
> DoDi
>
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