Why I use Object Pascal

Re:Why I use Object Pascal by dmix on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @01:30PM (#15492835)

How are the available packages? Is there a package management system ala `bundler` or `npm`?

This to me is a critical piece of adopting a language, especially a non-mainstream one. Pascal has the benefit of being older but access to clean modern libraries is critical.

Pascal looks like an excellent option for building cross-platform desktop apps, given the excellent GUI libraries. But I doubt I'm sold enough on it for any web stuff, given the great other options. I'd likely use OCaml if I was going to gamble on a non-mainstream language.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by rufusroflpunch on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @02:44PM (#15493608)

This is a pretty critical piece for me as well. I've done some googling and I can't find anything definitive.

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Re:Why I use Object Pascal by dubst3pp4 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @04:51PM (#15494813)

Lazarus has a concept of packages for years. There is a newly created package manager to handle updates and dependencies as well: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Online_Package_Manager

But I don’t think that it is comparable to gem/npm or whatever yet...

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