[ros-general] to delphi or not to delphi (was: filemanager)

[Robert Köpferl]

Though I don't program in Delphi, I would vote FOR making Delphi our 
second preferred language. The freePascal compiler which is capable of 
compiling Delphi source is plattform indipendend (or simple extended). 
It is free and since it is a compiler, it will integrate well (think so) 
into make. As you know, make is an universal tool and rather extensible.

BTW: This is just an opinion. I have no experience with Delphy/FPC nor 
do I really understand the current build system

Casper Hornstrup schrieb:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ros-general-bounces at reactos.com 
>>[mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Jan Tisje
>>Sent: 23. marts 2004 11:07
>>To: ros-general at reactos.com
>>Subject: Re: [ros-general] to delphi or not to delphi (was: 
>>filemanager)
>>
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>>>Well, by using delphi your working against the OSS 
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>>character of ROS, 
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>>>that is, it couldn't be used in the ROS project. There's no 
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>>OSS Delphi 
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>>>compiler, and there are legal problems with delphi as well 
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>>(see XPDE).
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>>>And as last point, afaik Delph isn't crossplatform.
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>>You do not know anything about Delphi. ;-)
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>>It actually is (limited) crossplatform, as there is an 
>>implementation for linux named Kylix.
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> 
> You have to balance a few developers wanting to contribute Delphi
> source code and all future ReactOS developers needing to spend the extra
> time to setup a development environment capable of compiling Delpi source
> code. ReactOS currently depend on a minimum of tools and thats the way
> it should be IMHO. For a simple test, try seeing how long it will take
> you to setup an environment that is capable of building gcc which has
> many dependencies.
> 
> Casper
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