[fpc-pascal] embedded HTTP server in GUI application

[Ludo Brands]

On 09/03/2013 12:09 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2013, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> 
>> In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
>>> Can anybody make recommendations for embedding a HTTP Server into a GUI
>>> application?
>>>
>>> ps: I'm using FPC 2.6.2, and the end result application will run under
>>> Windows (primarily) and Linux.
>>
>> Indy10. I know there is a lot of (IMHO baseless) hate against Indy,
>> but it
>> works fine.
> 
> IMHO, there is no hate, but it's simply overly complicated for many
> use-cases.
> 

And the fpc port is not really maintained. A few months ago when I tried
to use the latest version of Indy on Linux, it was just hopeless.
Problems with iconv, new Delphi constructs, etc, etc. You'll find
defines for FPC but new code typically doesn't use them. I just abandoned.

Ludo