21 Dec 16 22:49, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:   
      
    RW>> f you can find a book on Delphi and Borland or Turbo Pascal, you are   
    RW>> pretty much most of the way there.   
      
    AB> There are bound to be some differences though,   
      
   yes there are some but when using FPC in {$mode delphi}, the API and the   
   results are generally the same... the internal methods of getting those results   
    is generally different, though...   
      
    AB> not least when it comes to external libraries.   
      
   what do you mean by "external libraries"?? the runtime libraries or other 3rd   
   party libraries?   
      
   oh, and for books i saw this in the "Free Pascal / Lazarus IDE" community on G+   
    the other day...   
      
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   Marc Hanisch (dubst3pp4) owner   
   Books and Magazines -  Yesterday 6:21 AM   
      
   As every year some days before Christmas Packt Publishing sells every eBook and   
    video course for just $5. Among some Delphi books also the title Getting   
   Started with Lazarus IDE, which targets Lazarus newcomers and ex-Delphi-users.   
      
   https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/getting-started-lazarus-ide   
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   i don't know what Blaise does, if anything, but they have a book, too...   
      
   http://www.blaisepascal.eu/subscribers/UK/UK_Book_Department_LearnToProgramUsin   
   gLazarus.html   
      
   or http://tinyurl.com/zzhtju4   
      
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