Re: Kylix (delphi for Linux), a good Ada alternative for GUI application on Linu

["Gautier Write-only-address" <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com>]

> > I found Kylix (delphi for linux) to be very similar to Ada.
> > It has units
> > (like ada packages),

>It completely ignores all elaboration issues, IIRC.  Handling them is
>up to the programmer, and there isn't any help from the language
>implementation.

Another important difference is that the "uses" clauses hide similar
entries from the used units as they come; in Ada it becomes an
ambiguity and the compiler requires to make the reference explicit.
E.g. if you have a variable integer X in interface (spec.) of units
A and B, "uses A,B" will have a completely different effect than
"uses B,A". One could cite a lot of such quirks, but the main reason
is that all features have been added to a tiny 16-bit compiler
(Turbo Pascal) written in assembler and with a lot of limitations.
Even for RAD I would not let the Object Pascal part of a project
grow more than the strict minimum.
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