Standard Compatibility [was: Re: New Alpha]_(re)

Sun, 6 Apr 1997 02:16:13 +0000 (GMT)

On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Peter Gerwinski wrote:

  Hi:

> > gpc isn't developed for the dos platform.
> GPC has been developped for *all* platforms including DOS.  :-)
> > Borland excellently fills that need.
> > I want gpc to create truly platform independent programs
> > for my unix machine.

  I'm a developer moving from Turbo Pascal to Delphi. I think the main
goal of a pascal compiler for non-DOS is to port some of the hughe amount
of software that is "out-there". Think about the ten of thousands of
programmers that you could say "hey, why you don't get your programms and
recompile it for Linux?". ISO standards are very well, but the meter is an
international unit of mesure not followed in US and UK and it seems there
is no problem about that.

  My wish is to have an option in gpc that, with the proper units, could
compile directly my tens of TP programs. Of course, I'm not expecting the
other Pascal versions should disappear!!  I think if I have to rebuild the
source, better on java; maybe that's not your case but mine.

  Happy typing! :)

  (And sorry about my poor english)

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