[Lazarus] [PATCH] components/turbopower_ipro: added the Iphttpbroker and its example

[silvioprog]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Fabrício Srdic <fabricio.srdic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2016-01-27 0:19 GMT-02:00 silvioprog <silvioprog at gmail.com>
>
>> To summarize my opinion: if I am java programmer, would be better if I
>>> can solve my problem via Java classes than using C library binds. If i am a
>>> Pascal programmer, i prefer to solve my problem via Pascal classes instead
>>> of C binds.  Add an external dependency to the code may be a good option in
>>> short term, however may become a big problem in long term. Perhaps, if the
>>> Lazarus GUI framework was developed using pure pascal ( like fpGUI) instead
>>> of using external libraries and frameworks, we could develop mobile apps
>>> using Lazarus today.
>>>
>> Me too, but Java programmers mostly time use external C libraries when it
>> hasn't already implemented some feature yet, it is a good choice, and you
>> can use that Java classes without knowing that it make calls to an external
>> C library. The Free Pascal and Delphi do it too, for example, when you
>> access a database using SQLdb, it uses an external C library (the database
>> client), that is made in C, and many Pascal programmers uses SQLdb with
>> pure Pascal interfaces (headers) without knowing that the main
>> implementation is in the external C library.
>>
> I undertand this. I know it is virtually impossible to drop all the
> dependency on external C libs on all platforms and programming languages.
> It is not feasible and such goal is all about waste of time and reinventing
> the wheel. I wouldn't do this even in my projects.
>
> Let me explain in another way: nowadays, Lazarus doesn't provide a GUI
> framework for Android. Perharps, there is a C framework that can solve the
> problem now. However, although implementing C binds requires relative
> little time and efforts, join efforts in projects like LCL Custom Draw
> and FpGUI may result in many benefits on long-term so, that may be the
> best choice.
>

I understood. :-)

I love coding with pure Pascal code too, however as Greame said, there is a
lot of users that already made something in C and exported it as a library,
and Pascal programmers can *enjoy it responsibly*. :-)

-- 
Silvio Clécio
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