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From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
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Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:33:31 -0500
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On 3/15/2016 5:31 AM, egarrulo wrote:
> On 15/03/16 11:23, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> It is difficult to judge what is better for hobbyists. All depends on
>> the background of concrete people. But usually people interested in
>> cross-compilers are less inclined to IDEs and more to raw hacking.
>
> I agree that the background of people is what matters the most but, in
> general, I think that whatever is easier to use is better for hobbyists.
>    Object Pascal was designed for RAD, therefore it prioritized ease of
> use, and so did its IDEs.  Ada had different design goals, which make
> Ada more difficult for hobbyists.
>

I have been thinking of trying Lazarus myself for sometime. I am
looking for nice language I can use to make GUI with and apps
for the desktop (simulation, etc...). But do not like c/c++. So Qt is
not for me. Pascal is close to Ada and so I like its syntax
more.

I agree that Ada has nothing like RAD and form builder all-in-one
which Lazarus has.

Ada community is really not interested in such things as Ada is
oriented more towards system level stuff and embedded systems. Not
user-level GUI apps, which Lazarus is meant for.

--Nasser