[fpc-other] [fpc-pascal] FPC Graphics options?

[wkitty42 at windstream.net]

On 05/24/2017 12:54 AM, Ralf Quint wrote:
> On 5/23/2017 7:19 PM, wkitty42 at windstream.net wrote:
>> On 05/23/2017 09:56 PM, noreply at z505.com wrote:
>>> The C struct is literally the pascal record, and is all based on the
>>> same Structured Programming work by Dijkstra
>>
>> except that the C struct does not have the array length at position
>> zero and you have to process until you hit the first null character...
>> that's the plus for pascal strings... you know how long the string is
>> from the start... unless it is a unicode string ;)
>>
> Well, the problem is that you can't use those handy Pascal strings that
> much anymore these days. Ever since you need to use UTF8 to properly
> represent textual context, this all has become one hell of a mess,
> pretty leveling the playing field when it comes to handling such strings
> with (Free)Pascalor C...

quite true, my friend... quite true :)

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