On: FreePascal and Lazarus Foundation

[dmix]

I wish they chose a better name than "Free Pascal". It makes it sound like a lower-quality version.

After that recent Object Pascal guide was on HN [1] I've been meaning to try the language out. It looks like it might be a nice alternative to using Ruby on some small side projects where I need a quick OO language to work with.

I've grown attached to static types so it looks like it might be a good option. My only concern is whether the tooling has been modernized or not.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12027008

[ics → dmix]

You might also be interested in Nim, see for example: http://goran.krampe.se/2014/10/29/nim-and-oo/

(Static types, basic OO, syntax, fast compilation)

[dmix → ics]

Thanks for the heads up. Will do.