Re: Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?]

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?]
Date	2025-10-19 13:46 +0200
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On 2025-10-19 10:15, c186282 wrote:
> On 10/18/25 14:08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-10-18 04:24, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 10/16/25 03:22, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:27:34 -0400, c186282 wrote:

...

>> I also like Lazarus.
>>
>> Although the amount of libraries to do the same thing is confusing, re 
>> which is the proper one. I forget how many types of strings: the 
>> classic 255 string, the 0 terminated string, Windows style, and then 
>> utf strings. Maybe more I forget.
>>
>>
>> And there is a Linux version. Back to topic ;-)
> 
>    The main gotcha between Linux and Win tends to
>    be the FONTS  :-)

Oh. I have not played with them.

>    I wrote a few programs that could run Lin or Win
>    using Lazarus. Delphi is, alas, only Win (and
>    expensive as all hell these days).

over $1500, says google. WOW.

>    Pascal/object-Pascal is almost infinitely
>    capable, pretty well documented and compiler
>    fast.
> 
>    My last five years before retirement I tended
>    to write apps first in Python, then, a week or
>    two later, in FPC or Lazarus tighter-better.
> 
>    Pascal is a Very Good Language for applications.
>    It tends to get forgotten amongst the latest/
>    greatest "new solutions" - but DON'T forget it.
>    It's still Right There, Up To The Job, and
>    more readable than 'C' or 'Rust'.

I thought rust, being newer, would be nicer. Easier to write.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-11 17:48 +0000
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