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   -=> On 04-19-20 09:57, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    ml>   Re: Re: Still here   
    ml>   By: Tony Langdon to Dan Clough on Sun Apr 19 2020 12:23:00   
      
      
    TL> Yeah, I've generally only used units like Crt, which FP does actually   
    TL> have, so this isn't an issue for me.   
      
    ml> that unit should only be used in certain specific cases... generally   
    ml> speaking, it isn't needed for most code...   
      
   Guess what, first program I put in, it was needed. :)  Can't remember what   
   function it was for now. :)   
      
    ml> the libs are already written... all you have to do it use them and add   
    ml> your code to manipulate the data sent/received as desired...   
      
   And that's the part I need to learn. ;)  Reading FP documentation on network   
   programming and using the libraries didn't help.   
      
    ml> when i was going more pascal coding than i am now, i spent a good part   
    ml> of the time stripping out my custom routines because they already exist   
    ml> in the available libraries... i also spent a lot of time ripping out my   
    ml> custom ASM code because it was easier to use the pascal versions that   
    ml> did the same plus had more features than my speciality code did...   
      
   I bet there's a lot more good libraries around now.   
      
    ml> direct memory addressing like reading the BIOS serial and parallel port   
    ml> addresses and writing directly to video RAM are not used any more...   
    ml> the OS simply won't let you have access to the hardware any more...   
      
   Yeah, no surprise there.  Only exception would be for DOS software running in a   
   suitable VM, but I don't reallt want to write DOS software these days.   
      
    ml> using the TP mode does allow almost all old TP code to be compiled but   
    ml> you'll definitely have to rip direct memory addressing stuff out and   
    ml> find other routines to replace many commercial libs you may have   
    ml> used... some of those old commercial routines are now open and already   
    ml> rewritten and included with FPC and/or Lazarus...   
      
   Yeah makes sense. :)   
      
      
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