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You keep talking about what Pascal was. That no longer matters. What matters is what Pascal is today. Both Free Pascal and Delphi support conditional compilati
by clouddrover 7y ago
You keep talking about what Pascal was. That no longer matters. What matters is what Pascal is today.
Both Free Pascal and Delphi support conditional compilation and have done for a long time:
http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Conditional_compilation_(Delphi) http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Conditional_...
https://wiki.freepascal.org/Conditional_compilation https://wiki.freepascal.org/Conditional_compilation
- AnimalMuppet 7y agopjmlp said "supported", no "support". He and I were talking about the past. We're allowed to do that - to have the subject be what we want, rather than what you think it should be. In fact, the article was about Pascal circa 1981, so I'm not sure why you think the discussion ought to be about present-day Pascal.
- clouddrover 7y agoBecause the criticisms from 1981 are no longer relevant and haven't been relevant for a long time. Turbo Pascal had conditional compilation since at least 1987.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThen just let the whole article pass as being irrelevant, and go comment somewhere else, where they're talking about current languages. The discussion we're having here isn't the one you want to have.
- clouddrover 7y agoLook, these are just the practical realities and no amount of you trying to define what the discussion is (whatever that's supposed to mean) will change that. Pascal is nice. Get on board: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi https://www.freepascal.org/ https://www.freepascal.org/