[Lazarus] News on Delphi x64

[waldo kitty]

On 11/2/2010 09:19, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> waldo kitty schrieb:
>> On 11/1/2010 05:51, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>>> Op 2010-11-01 11:26, Sven Barth het geskryf:
>>>>
>>>> A little entry about some details of Delphi x64 I stumbled on today:
>>>
>>> And let me guess, they took no cues from FPC,
>>
>> they probably don't even know that FPC exists...
>
> According to my last year observations in the Embarcadero groups, they are very
> well aware of FPC/Lazarus, and the many features not available in Delphi
> (platforms, 64 bit).

i guess that's a GoodThing<tm> in some ways... maybe a BadThing<tm> in others... 
we can only wait and see what shakes out in the laundry...

> They may have choosen the Delphi-X way for the integration of other platforms,
> based exclusively on Windows, just to keep Delphi distinct from the FPC/LCL
> approach.

this is true...