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

[Hairy Pixels]

 On Nov 15, 2024 at 9:23:41 PM, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal <
fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

> First of all, Joanna on #fpc (and other fpc related IRC channels) has
> blown off over 100 potential fpc users, including myself. I'm learning
> Ada now, and liking it a lot.
>

what authority does she have to such things?


> Second, fpc is neither fish nor fowl: It has way too much "stuff" to be
> an easy to learn or use language, but that "stuff" isn't useful to most
> non-Lazarus users.


I tend to agree. Feels like it’s somewhere in between C, Java and C++
without committing to either direction. Not a bad thing I  guess but no
inspiring to new users either.

Regards,
    Ryan Joseph
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