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

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 29.03.2013 11:27, schrieb 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.

Indeed. First, we should get rid of this sting type mess and concentrate
on good utf-8 support.