Re: Long filename sup****t in Windows Vista

On 2007-08-23, Jim Leonard <MobyGamer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> building a list of the available files to copy would exceed the 640K
> RAM available.  So a Win32 compiler is an option simply so I have more/
> virtual memory available.

Yes. Or even win64 :-)
>
> Knowing this, what compiler/environment would you all recommend? 

Both FPC and Delphi will do. Which one is a matter of taste. FPC is IMHO
stronger technologically, Delphi has the commercial fini****ng-touch that
is
often harder to wane than heroine. 

Note that neither is a definite choice (when you choose "Delphi" mode in
FPC), and you can change at any time. Hundred thousands of lines of Delphi
code are known to compile under FPC and vice versa.

> I won't be using OOP for this (there's no point), nor anything
graphical,
> etc.  I'm just a 20-year turbo-pascal coder trying to write a
command-line
> utility that has to work in Windows XP/Vista.

For this task it doesn't matter, but for other tasks (e.g. when you need
CRT, or console stuff in general), I think FPC is better suited to your
tasks. Start the FPC textmode IDE to get a feeling of FPC textmode
possibilities.

However long term, the big point of FPC is ****tability. Not only to Linux,
but also to the "other" windowses like WINCE and Win64.