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Pascal was the first programming language I had contact with, in high school. I have fond memories of it. Recently I looked into the status of current software
by Qem 5y ago
Pascal was the first programming language I had contact with, in high school. I have fond memories of it. Recently I looked into the status of current software written in Pascal. One thing I noted is few of them are packaged in Linux repositories. Wonder what causes that. Is it harder to package Pascal software for Linux, when compared to the average C package?
- benibela 5y agoPascal programs are much easier to package, since the usual Pascal libraries are linked statically. You get a standalone binary, you can distribute. I have tried to submit some of my Pascal programs to the repositories, but nothing happens. You cannot pack it yourself, but need to get support from a distribution maintainer. They try to compile it, discover that they do not have a Pascal compiler installed, and give up on it
- Qem 5y agoUnbelievable. It makes one sad to hear that.