[fpc-pascal].NET opinions?

[Peter H.M. Brooks]

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From: "Jonas Maebe" <jonas at zeus.rug.ac.be>
To: <fpc-pascal at deadlock.et.tudelft.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal].NET opinions?


>
> On dinsdag, augustus 20, 2002, at 08:37 , Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
>
> > Why should either back end add limitations?
>
> Because e.g. Java doesn't know the concept of pointers, so you can't
> compile anything that uses pointers.
>
True, so code that is produced to run on the interpreter can't use them, but
that doesn't mean that it can't interact with code that does.
>
> > If the big attraction is to have it working on a MAC, then surely it
> > makes
> > more sense to port fpc to a MAC?
>
> It's Mac, not MAC (MAC = Media Access Control) :) And we are working on
> that. In fact, "hello world" for Linux/PPC (and hopefully, shortly
> thereafter also for Mac OS X) is nearing compilability!
>
Yes, sorry, it is Mac, as in Raincoat, I know.

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