[fpc-devel] Forwarded message about FPC status

[Martin Schreiber]

On Monday 24 December 2012 17:45:34 Henry Vermaak wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 05:19:58PM +0100, Martin Schreiber wrote:
> > BTW, I actually think about to fork Free Pascal. Not in the near future
> > but the primary goals are defined already:
> >
> > - Back to the roots.
>
> What are the roots?
>
> > - Add the necessary to build the most productive universal programming
> > language.
> > - Remove the not necessary.
>
> Subjective, requirements differ.  I assume this definition of
> "productive" and "necessary" will be dictated by you and drive other
> people away from the project.  Just like e.g. your coding style has
> previously.
>
Yup.

> > - Produce at least as good code as Delphi 7.
> > - Compile at least as fast as Delphi 7.
>
> You know that sacrifices need to be made to make a compiler cross
> platform and easily portable.  You can't have it all.
>
We will see.

> It will be a shame to see your considerable talent wasted on another
> project with a bus factor of approximately 1.
>
Correct, but for me an important 1. ;-)

Martin