[fpc-devel] Delphi anonymous methods

[Henry Vermaak]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 09:56:21AM -0800, Boian Mitov wrote:
> Hi Henry,
> 
> Interesting that you consider me a Delphi fanboy :-D .
> I don't like it much, but I surely love the anonymous methods :-D .
> I love the C++11 implementation of anonymous methods more however,
> but I hate the lack of extensive RTTI in C++ (and FPC).
> I am hard to please, and no fan of any specific language. I hate
> them, and love them equally with only one exception, well maybe 2. I
> highly dislike Java, and I hate Scheme! :-D .
> And BTW: I hate my products too, so that is why I keep working to
> improve them all the time :-D, they are never good enough for me! I
> am equal opportunity hater!

You sure have a lot of smiley faces for a person so full of hate :)

In all seriousness, what were you thinking when you used all the latest
features of a language that's closed source?  I can understand that it
makes your code better (arguably, perhaps), but you've locked yourself
into the Delphi world now, and it's unlikely that freepascal will ever
satisfy you if you chase after the latest features, since it will take
too long to implement and stabilise.

Henry