Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:26:46 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: Eduardo Morras <emorras@xroff.net>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com> Subject: Re: fpc on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20100102211246.B50666@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <41321270@bb.ipt.ru> References: <20091230004339.Y81420@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <41321270@bb.ipt.ru>
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:35:05 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: > > > Is fpc's IDE usable, like good ol' TP6 and 7, never mind Delphi? > > Usable. Thanks for confirmation, Boris, 'usable' and 'working OK' are good enough. I installed it on my Thinkpad's new 8.0-R system so I'll give it a go there when $workload allows. > > Docs > > seem vast, I'm wondering if there's a simple guide to basic compilation, > > but basically I'd just like to hear that it's working ok for someone and > > is worth the learning curve? > > Working OK. For FreeBSD: > . it's i386-only (seems that upcomming 2.4.0 may have amd64 bits); > . static binaries. That sounds fine, especially as these are mostly just for procedural calculations and straightforward file-processing. Thanks also to Eduardo, Rod and Polytropon for contributions, some of which I have or will follow up privately. cheers, Ian
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