[Lazarus] Parser

[Adem]

  On 2010-07-01 19:51, Alexsander Rosa wrote:
> "It's a trap!" - Admiral Ackbar
>
> What MS really wants is that you write code in 
> whatever-language-you-please as long as you run it at THEIR operating 
> system. Forget Mono and other silly attempts to clone .NET Framework 
> -- they are doomed to always lag behind MS implementation. That's the 
> opposite of interpreted Java or compiled Free Pascal, where the goal 
> is to "write once, run anywhere".
We all know MS's intentions --and they made it obvious by the way went 
about licensing that stuff.
Apart from that, it --IMO-- wasn't a bad idea at all. Shame it was 
doomed to failure due to licensing.

> Adem escreveu:
>> I am not sure about the 'slightest advantage' aspect: I thought MS 
>> sold the .Net thing mostly on the premise of 'write in the language 
>> you're most comfortable yet share with others you/they find useful'; 
>> and it seems --if it was properly  licensed-- it could catch on on 
>> other platforms too.

Cheers,

Adem