[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] Pascal dialect -- was: Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12

[Jonas Maebe]

On 04 Jun 2010, at 19:27, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> This brings me to another question. Don't you guys feel that FPC is
> good enough to stand on it's own feet.

It has nothing to do with being good enough or not. Please read the mail you replied to again (second paragraph I wrote).

> So what's the benefit of Delphi compatibility?

See the bullet list in the mail you replied to (fourth paragraph I wrote).

> To keep those
> developers that can't make up there minds if they want to switch or
> not happy? They will probably will never contribute to FPC either, so
> what's the point in trying to please them the whole time.

As I said in the mail you replied to (first paragraph I wrote): FPC and Delphi are part of the same ecosystem. If you keep looking at it as if it is about "us versus them", you will probably remain unhappy forever with how FPC evolves, because it will always seem as if we are doing various things out of servitude to Embarcadero and its horde of evil Delphi users.


Jonas