[fpc-pascal] Maybe a new fpc book :)

[Bee]

> He has the following questions for the community. 

Since I feel as being part of the community, I'd like to answer. :)

> 1. What OS is most-used for Free Pascal? Windows? Linux?

For me... 80% Linux, 20% Windows, 0% MacOS. But this will change if I 
got a MacBook, perhaps I'll have 20% usage on this OS. :-D

> 2. What libraries do most people use for console (i.e.,
> "terminal" or text-mode) apps? I dislike ncurses; is
> there a better way?

For console app, I used basic CRT unit provided by FPC.

> 3. Does anybody really use Free Pascal to write Win32
> apps?

I do. I never wrote console app on win32 using fpc, but I wrote some GUI 
apps on win32 using Lazarus which is powered by fpc. ;)

> 4. Do people make heavy use of Free Pascal objects?

Does 'objects' here refer to object oriented programming or refer to 
TP's style class? If it means OOP, then I do make heavy use of OOP in 
FPC, especially the FCL. It it means the last, then I no longer touch 
this object paradigm since I used Delphi. ;)

> These are important questions, because I want to bring
> newcomers up to speed with the tools and OSes they're
> most likely to use as they get better.

Hope this would help. :)

-Bee-

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