Steven Sheeley wrote to All <=-

Hello everybody!

Hello, Steven!

Is this echo still active or is it dead?

I am reading it. =D

Yet trying to post my first post. =DDD

I am Brazilian, so not so easy is the use of language for me. =D

Steven

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Steven Sheeley wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Hello Tony!

Replying to a msg dated 30 Oct 16 16:35, from you to Andy Ball.

I'm just bstarting to program in Pascal again after 25+ years. Used to

Wow, fantastic !!!! =D

do some utilities and stuff when I ran Split Infinity back in the day.
Now I'm writing a Log Utility fopr BBSes and thinking abnout creating a new game as well and possibly taking on updating the Argus Mailer code base.

I will write my own utils too !!! =DDD

Steven

Just call me Rodrigo Cesar. =DDDD

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I should probably look for a Pascal compiler.

FreePascal is a decent one and one that I use quite often - http://www.freepascal.org

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RW> FreePascal is a decent one and one that I use quite often -
> http://www.freepascal.org

Thanks Robert. A few people have suggested that. I'll see whether I can find a book for it.
-Andy Ball.

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On Dec 15, 2016 11:43pm, Andy Ball wrote to Robert Wolfe:

RW>> FreePascal is a decent one and one that I use quite often -
>> http://www.freepascal.org

Thanks Robert. A few people have suggested that. I'll see whether I can find a book for it.
-Andy Ball.

If you can find a book on Delphi and Borland or Turbo Pascal, you are pretty much most of the way there.

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RW> f you can find a book on Delphi and Borland or Turbo Pascal,
> you are pretty much most of the way there.

There are bound to be some differences though, not least when it comes to external libraries.

-Andy Ball.

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21 Dec 16 22:49, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:

f you can find a book on Delphi and Borland or Turbo Pascal, you are
pretty much most of the way there.

There are bound to be some differences though,

yes there are some but when using FPC in {$mode delphi}, the API and the results are generally the same... the internal methods of getting those results
is generally different, though...

not least when it comes to external libraries.

what do you mean by "external libraries"?? the runtime libraries or other 3rd party libraries?

oh, and for books i saw this in the "Free Pascal / Lazarus IDE" community on G+
the other day...

===== snip =====
Marc Hanisch (dubst3pp4) owner
Books and Magazines - Yesterday 6:21 AM

As every year some days before Christmas Packt Publishing sells every eBook and
video course for just $5. Among some Delphi books also the title Getting Started with Lazarus IDE, which targets Lazarus newcomers and ex-Delphi-users.

https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/getting-started-lazarus-ide ===== snip =====

i don't know what Blaise does, if anything, but they have a book, too...

http://www.blaisepascal.eu/subscribers/UK/UK_Book_Department_LearnToProgramUsingLazarus.html

or http://tinyurl.com/zzhtju4

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Hello Mark,

ML> what do you mean by "external libraries"??
> the runtime libraries or other 3rd party
> libraries?

Curses, progressql etc.

Thanks for the book suggestions.

-Andy Ball

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