[fpc-pascal] Lazarus better than delphi

[Marcos Douglas]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:07 AM, Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:
> On 03/21/2014 06:42 AM, Dennis Poon wrote:
>>
>>
>> I would like to second that. Delphi after Delphi 7 is disappointing, bulky
>> and inefficient.
>
> On top of this they created a completely new and incompatible VCL for use
> with "mobile devices" and even the language itself and its paradigms is
> modified in an incompatible (and dangerous) way to support this (e.g. by
> auto-freeing objects). FPC and Lazarus OTOH try to walk on an upgrade path
> leading to multiple targets (including compiling to Java/Delpvik). While the
> work is by far not completed, IMHO what we see is rather promising.
>
>> Thanks so much for you guys!
>
> +1 (at least :-) )

+1

I agree at all. My last Delphi is (was) 7.
All my new applications are made using FPC/Lazarus.

Regards,
Marcos Douglas