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 May 29 2005, 12:19 PM
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Has anyone tried Freepascal for or even better ON the Zaurus already? It might be a lightweight alternative to gcc for quick development on the road.
Greetings Chris |
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May 29 2005, 12:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 9-October 03 From: NYC Member No.: 609 |
er, not to start a holy war... but, alas, it's pascal!
I am using g++ on the pda -- it SUCKS as a primary development platform.. but you know what -- it does work. So, I do 99% of my stuff off the PDA and only make minor changes, etc. But, ya, tcc for c is awesome... even on PDA. perl is pretty good... python is ok/not-bad... etc. Look into tcc. Scott |
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May 29 2005, 12:55 PM
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Hi Scott,
well I think opensource is about freedom of choice  I have been working on several large pascal (Delphi) projects in the last couple of years, and I think pascal is a pretty nice language (but then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder), but you are right, no point in starting a holy war here  I'll give freepascal on pdaxrom a try when I get some sparetime on my hands. I'll take a look at tcc though, thanks for the hint! Just wanted to know I maybe someone has tried this before. Take care Chris QUOTE(ScottYelich @ May 29 2005, 12:22 PM) er, not to start a holy war... but, alas, it's pascal!
I am using g++ on the pda -- it SUCKS as a primary development platform.. but you know what -- it does work. So, I do 99% of my stuff off the PDA and only make minor changes, etc. But, ya, tcc for c is awesome... even on PDA. perl is pretty good... python is ok/not-bad... etc. Look into tcc. Scott  |
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May 30 2005, 12:58 AM
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Chris,
You're right, freedom of choice is the most important issue here. If Pascal is the language you prefer, you definitely have to give FreePascal a try. It's absolutely brilliant! One remark though, only cross-compiling to ARM is supported at this time. So no "quick development on the road" as you said, at least not yet. |
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May 31 2005, 11:25 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 9-October 03 From: NYC Member No.: 609 |
hey, don't get me wrong...
I'd rather have the choice than not! :-) Scott |
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