Re: FPC > TPC

"Mark" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Why are programmer's still using Borland's outdated Turbo Pascal
> compilers when such an excellent, free, and modern TP-compatible
> compiler by the name of FreePacal exists? I fell in love with
> FPC, and I'll never go back to Borland's TP ever again.

- because there's a sh*tload of legacy code around that works,
- because not everyone needs 32-bit,
- because the Borland compilers are fast and small, ideal for quick and
dirty programs,

and I'm sure others can append plenty of other reasons.

Robert
--
Robert AH Prins
prino at prino dot plus dot com


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