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

[Sven Barth]

geneb via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Mi., 16.
Okt. 2024, 16:19:

>
> > I have always found that the self-contained nature of Pascal/Delphi
> > executables is a big advantage over other language systems. Just copy
> > the file and run it, even on a system that has never seen a
> > Pascal/Delphi executable before. If we could do that with the
> > IDE/compiler it would be magic! The install process is far from that
> > goal right now.
> >
> > Doug C.
> >
> Portable Lazarus would just kick ass.
>

At least the Windows installer already provides an option to make the
installation portable. Something similar can probably done for Linux as
well (macOS requires the installation of development tools provided by
Apple, so a totally fresh system would not work).

Regards,
Sven

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