[fpc-pascal] Remote FreePascal compile service, feedback requested

[dhkblaszyk at zeelandnet.nl]

One thing I would like to add to the discussion is support for the LCL.
Dunno if it was explicitly the puurpose to do that already, but I thought
I should mention it anyway.

Darius

> We (still) use FreePascal quite a bit in our first/second-year education,
> in particular, in <PEACH.win.tue.nl>, our Programming Education And
> Contest Hosting verification system.
>
> I was thinking of adding a remote FreePascal service along the following
> lines.  You go to its web interface, browse for your source files
> (possibly a whole zip archive) on your local machine, enter command-line
> options, and let our server compile your stuff with a (selectable)
> version of fpc (under Linux), then you get back the results (possibly
> also in a zip archive).  Mabye we can support cross compiles as well.
>
> Why do this?  Because that way people can use/try FreePascal without
> installing anything.
>
> Furthermore, we plan to support several versions of FreePascal in
> parallel.  That way, it may also be useful to the FreePascal community.
> E.g. when diagnosing a problem.
>
> Here are some questions:
>
>   1.  Do you think this service would be useful?
>
>   2.  Do you think the interface described above is good enough?
>       Suggestions for refinements would be appreciated.
>
>   3.  Are there any security risks that we may have overlooked?
>       Of course, we will impose certain limitation to avoid resource
>       hogging.  But maybe there are ways to put together a malicious
>       source file that makes the compiler misbehave ...
>
>   4.  Whatever else comes to your mind ...
>
> Best regards,
>
> 	Tom Verhoeff
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