Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011)

Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) by oneweekwonder on Sunday April 12, 2020 @02:19AM (#22846400)

you get what you pay for, comparing commercial to open source software is not fair.

One try to sell you something, the other had an idea for a language he started to work on over the holidays.

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Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) by ptman on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @05:22AM (#22864052)

There were free delphi personal and explorer editions to get you hooked. And Delphi used to be quite affordable back in the day

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Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) by pjmlp on Sunday April 12, 2020 @02:38AM (#22846448)

First current generation of developers needs to be willing to pay for their tooling, if they want to get something better than Bazaar quality.

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Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) by badsectoracula on Sunday April 12, 2020 @07:55AM (#22847628)

The fact that there are tiny shops like Xojo that make completely proprietary and niche languages and compilers show that there are developers that are willing to pay for their tools.

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Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) by pjmlp on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:19AM (#22848392)

Indeed and I would be quite curious about their customer demographics and target platforms.

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