Hi!
Anja Drewitz wrote:
As for the source code, well, the web site says a diff is included, but that's not enough IMO.
I agree. According to the GPL, they must include full source code. (Although a diff will probably be even more interesting at least for us.;-)
There's probably no harm intended but they ought to correct it nevertheless. When you write to Be, please tell them also to correct the URL to the GNU Pascal project as given on their web page (http://www-classic.be.com/beware/Languages/GNU%20Pascal%20(GPC).html): It reads: For more information on GPC visit http://didaktik.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal ^^^ "agnes" missing
Not really. `didaktik.physik.uni-essen.de' is a working alias name for `agnes.dida-physik.uni-essen.de'. However we prefer this web page to be referred to as `http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/'.
http://didaktik.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal ^ "/" missing
Yes. It works without the slash, but causes unnecessary traffic.
Also, I wonder why the folk person doing the BeOS port did not contact the GNUPascal team. Their website http://members.xoom.com/BePascal sounds like they are going to produce a new compiler with GNU Pascal as a starting point. What a waste of efforts not to work on the development of GNU Pascal!
Agreed.
This I found in their FAQ list:
Can I use GNUPascal to design BeOS GUI applications?
No. GNUPascal is very limited.
Thanks. :-(
It has no real object-orientation ??? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wrong. It supports the OOP concept of BP7. What did those BeOS programmers drink before writing that FAQ?
I am considering sending them a written warning (Abmahnung in German). They are making a competing product down instead of doing their work.
and it can't access C++ libraries, which means you can not use any of the BeOS specific objects/controls that are described in the BeBook.
You need some tricks to get this work done, but it is possible.
BePascal will have the ability to access C++ libraries directly, because it translates your ObjectPascal source code into native C++ code, which is then compiled with gcc. Your application will be even faster!
They are developing a Pascal-->C++ translator, not a real compiler, and claim this thing to be superior to GPC. Nice.
Maybe a mail to the developers of "BePascal" would be a good idea, too.
Yes, but first I must calm down.
Thanks for pointing me to it :*]
Peter