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Good to see Lazarus is still being developed. IIRC it's using Pascal as the base language, which may be of interest to some. In a similar way, you can create p

Good to see Lazarus is still being developed. IIRC it's using Pascal as the base language, which may be of interest to some. In a similar way, you can create programs for all Amiga platforms and a number of non-Amiga platforms using Hollywood: http://www.hollywood-mal.com http://www.hollywood-mal.com This is the full list of supported platforms (at the time of writing): AmigaOS 3 (m68k) AmigaOS 4 (ppc) Android (arm) AROS (i386) Linux (arm) Linux (i386) Linux (ppc) Mac OS X (i386) Mac OS X (ppc) MorphOS (ppc) WarpOS (m68k/ppc) Windows (i386)

noir_lord 11y ago
> IIRC it's using Pascal It uses a superset of old-style Pascal called Object Pascal (the different is somewhat akin to C -> C++) which is actually a really nice language.
- anthk 11y ago
  And contrary to C++ with C , you can use an objectless FreePascal syntax just fine :)
  - noir_lord 11y ago
    Indeed, I still miss writing desktop applications in Delphi 6, it absolutely nailed the sweet spot between RAD, good output, ease of use while not limiting your ability to get down and dirty, throw in the VCL and the insane number of aftermarket components and you have a developer experience I still haven't seen matched (ironically not even by later versions of Delphi).
    - ZenoArrow 11y ago
      > "you have a developer experience I still haven't seen matched (ironically not even by later versions of Delphi)." Out of interest, have you tried C#? Delphi and C# share the same lead architect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg
      - noir_lord 11y ago
        Yep, though the last time I used it was VS2010, it was very very good and you could see a lot of the Delphi lineage in the way it did things, I love C# as a language but these days I'm a linux based web dev. Really looking forwards to first tier C# on linux though!
      - narag 11y ago
        Was he? IIRC he was more like Borland CTO or something while Chuck Jazdzewski (also poached by Microsoft, now in Google I think) was the project leader. Anders did write TurboPascal by himself though. Anyway, C# is not so close to Delphi. Both the language and the feel of the IDE are more similar to Java/Eclipse than to (good old times) Delphi. I've used C# for several projects and, even using a decent machine, the two seconds delay (for best case) was there when doing mostly everything, while Old Delphi and current Lazarus snap.
        ZenoArrow 11y ago
        > "Was he?" Yes. Read the Wikipedia page, it clearly states he was the chief architect.
        narag 11y ago
        I had read the Wikipedia page. But, you know, Wikipedia isn't always right.
    - anthk 11y ago
      Try Lazarus IDE.

noir_lord 11y ago

> IIRC it's using Pascal It uses a superset of old-style Pascal called Object Pascal (the different is somewhat akin to C -> C++) which is actually a really nice language.

anthk 11y ago
And contrary to C++ with C , you can use an objectless FreePascal syntax just fine :)
- noir_lord 11y ago
  Indeed, I still miss writing desktop applications in Delphi 6, it absolutely nailed the sweet spot between RAD, good output, ease of use while not limiting your ability to get down and dirty, throw in the VCL and the insane number of aftermarket components and you have a developer experience I still haven't seen matched (ironically not even by later versions of Delphi).
  - ZenoArrow 11y ago
    > "you have a developer experience I still haven't seen matched (ironically not even by later versions of Delphi)." Out of interest, have you tried C#? Delphi and C# share the same lead architect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg
    - noir_lord 11y ago
      Yep, though the last time I used it was VS2010, it was very very good and you could see a lot of the Delphi lineage in the way it did things, I love C# as a language but these days I'm a linux based web dev. Really looking forwards to first tier C# on linux though!
    - narag 11y ago
      Was he? IIRC he was more like Borland CTO or something while Chuck Jazdzewski (also poached by Microsoft, now in Google I think) was the project leader. Anders did write TurboPascal by himself though. Anyway, C# is not so close to Delphi. Both the language and the feel of the IDE are more similar to Java/Eclipse than to (good old times) Delphi. I've used C# for several projects and, even using a decent machine, the two seconds delay (for best case) was there when doing mostly everything, while Old Delphi and current Lazarus snap.
      - ZenoArrow 11y ago
        > "Was he?" Yes. Read the Wikipedia page, it clearly states he was the chief architect.
        narag 11y ago
        I had read the Wikipedia page. But, you know, Wikipedia isn't always right.
  - anthk 11y ago
    Try Lazarus IDE.