Re: Fwd: What to do to get new users
Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal <[email protected]>
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On 10/19/24 4:34 PM, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote: > On Oct 19, 2024 at 8:06:56 PM, Rainer Stratmann via fpc-pascal > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry, but if you start then you start with a simple program and then >> you have >> to gain experience over time. That is the same case everywhere. >> >> There is a german sayword "Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen". >> >> No master has yet fallen from the sky >> > > All true but if the compiler can make your life easier then new people > will be going that route. Exaggeration. Calling .free is not hard. Nobody complains about e.g. having to close files or sockets, after use. It's the same with memory. > Manual memory management is a thing of the past I think it’s safe to say. No, it's not. The GC languages are just a tiny layer on the top, scripting things. All the performance critical work underneath is done by languages, that compile to native code and use manual memory management. Take a look at the source of your kernel, your GPU drivers, your graphics environment, or your browser. These aren't getting rewritten in a GC'd language anytime soon. Nikolay _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [email protected] https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal