Why I use Object Pascal

Re:Why I use Object Pascal by jetti on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:31AM (#15491179)

I've tried picking up Free Pascal and, for me, the documentation is lacking. I come from C# where Microsoft has amazing documentation and small examples on how to use just about every single class in the .NET framework. I guess I'm just spoiled with the documentation I have had and need to get used to it.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by dubst3pp4 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:07AM (#15491539)

Did you have a look at https://www.freepascal.org/docs.var and especially at the RTL https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/rtl/index.html and FCL https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/fcl/index.html documentation? I think the Free Pascal team has done a good job documenting nearly everything!

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by jetti on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @11:39AM (#15491827)

Wow, not sure how I missed that. I was just looking at their Wiki and then there was a page where they had the language spec. This changes a lot. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by pjmlp on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:18PM (#15492187)

The old Borland manuals are on bitkeepers.

They are quite good.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by bitL on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:36AM (#15491241)

Borland/Delphi set the standard for documentation that MS then copied to .NET (no wonder Delphi and C# creator is the same person). FPC likely assumes you have access to Delphi help files.

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