[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Santi]

El 30/11/2024 a las 09:53, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal escribió:
> On Nov 30, 2024 at 3:11:10 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal 
> <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>> This is very much on topic. FPC has no build system
>>
>> Huh ? Of course it does, it has 2. fpcmake (older) and fpmake.
>>
>> Please don't spread incorrect information.
>
> sorry but it’s not really part of the compiler, just something that 
> generates commands it feeds to the compile right?. aren’t new 
> compilers doing away with this design and integrating the whole setup? 
> Having the build system and the compiler as two different programs is 
> the root of so much confusion.

I really don't understand all this fuss.

A language is a language, a compiler is a compiler, and then there is 
the toolchain and the whole ecosystem, the libraries etc. There a fuzzy 
border between a compiler and its standard toolchain (let' it be 
standard, or a de facto), but FPC has what you need.

The problem with "how to get new users" is not that it is very complex 
Freepascal.  FPC does everything if you want to taste the language.
I've compiled some programs with just an editor and the old ppc386, and 
worked fine.
But nowadays I use an IDE, it is much more convenient. As soon as a 
project becomes a little complex, uses libraries etc, no have an easy 
way to gather everything is a suicide. An IDE that helps you with the 
parameters of thousands of functions is a necessity... in Freepacal or 
any language.

(try to write a Java application just using Oracle java download)



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Saludos
Santi
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