Hello,
Except for one BASIC and one PASCAL class in 1982 (I used punch cards) I am self taught and therefore unfamiliar with many programming concepts. Could someone explain to me
1. WHY it is important that FPC maintains compatibility with Delphi as much as possible? (I'm NOT arguing that it should or that it shouldn't)
2. Related to the question above...I know how to manipulate the elements of a Tmemorystream with "move" and "size" and other commands, but would it be against the
compatibility doctrine to, for instance, add built in Procedures like "Leftmem,Rightmem, Midmem" functionality that works just like "Leftstr, Rightstr,
Midstr". Yes; I realize that I could roll my own, that's not the point; what I'm trying to understand here is what is the doctrinal line between
Delphi compatibility vs. new and innovative features.
Thank You