[fpc-pascal] Re: Feature proposal: function-based assignment operatorst

[Martin Schreiber]

On Friday 29 March 2013 10:53:04 Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
> Am 2013-03-29 10:35, schrieb Sven Barth:
> > We value backwards compatiblity very high and this is part of it, no
> > matter whether these c-like operators are considered good or bad...
>
> But that's not the point here. The problem has nothing to do with backward
> compatibility. Just the opposite. If you incorporate each and every
> "feature" from any other language then you no longer have Pascal. The end
> would be that you can write whatever language you want, the compiler will
> understand it. This may look like a benefit but after all you cannot be
> sure to understand source code written for this compiler anymore. It would
> require learning all the many languages that exist within "Object Pascal".
> To program nowadays it already requires a lot of other things to learn
> (different OSs and interfaces). I see no need to add even more to that by
> adding features over and over again. Pascal was successful because it was
> easy and clear. Now it becomes complex and cluttered.
>
Agreed. It is propably time now to make an new attempt for an open 
source "Pascal-like" compiler which is not forced to follow Delphi and can 
learn from the pros and cons of Free Pascal without the ballast of backwards 
compatibility from 20 years.

Martin