Re: Pascal, Connect4 Game, 2D Array, display.

Marco van de Voort wrote:

> The only sensible thing I ever used 3.1x for was the NCSA browser, and
maybe
> netscape 3.x. For a few minutes. And 3.0 only for displaying a mode
larger
> than 64k. (640x480x8bpp e.g.). Total Windows time before '98: maybe a
few
> hours.

These things were im****tant to me:
- no device driver woes (screen, printer...)
- easy memory management (>640KB)
- GUI


>>.... be easier to use FPC instead of Delphi. The FPC IDE still
>>is a console application,
> 
> 
> Funny how you say that. Like it is a past stage on some evolutionary
ladder
> :)

Yes, this is how I see it. Console applications can run on almost every 
OS, that's probably why the FPC IDE is such a beast. But as a user I 
feel no need to use or sup****t multiple platforms at the same time, 
instead I want WYSIWYG editors, browsers and text processors, multiple 
independent windows, drag and drop files...


> Personally I don't think Object Pascal is a suitable language for
teaching
> (contrary to the basic Pascal subset). For the same reasons Java isn't.

Nonetheless applications deserve a practical framework, which nowadays 
is a event driven GUI. Console applications are okay for the very first 
steps, and for adventure-like games, but not when it comes to the 
implementation of real life programs or games with graphics.

DoDi