Well, basically, I just wanted to update the Free Pascal website. In the end, I unintentionally created hatred and set people against each other. I think it's still a useful discussion to clear up your differences, but we're getting further and further away from each other. Pascal users are dwindling in number, and what's more, we're arguing among ourselves. How can we evolve to bring this language to the top? Pascal deserves its place on the same level as C or Rust. However, over time, it's lost its way, and young new programmers aren't really discovering it anymore.
Joanna, I know you doubt that I'm interested in Pascal at 14. I learned to program in Python at 10, and my father was very interested in computers when he was younger. I read an old book that taught me how to use Turbo Pascal, and I created my first Pascal programs around the age of 12. This language is clearly one of my favorites. And yet, yes, I haven't coded a lot with it; I've only done one real project with it: a video game in the terminal. Then I moved on to something else, it's true. But it stayed in my heart, and I regretted giving it up when I learned languages in the same category as Pascal, like C. I personally use several programming languages because I'm young and I think it'll make it easier for me to find work as an adult. But when I want to do systems programming or when I want to create an application in the terminal, I systematically turn to Pascal for its syntax and simplicity.
I don't have the skills to directly help develop tools like FPC, but if I can help the community with something, I will. And I thought renovating the website was a good idea to help modernize the language a little. I may have been wrong, and if so, you have my sincere apologies.
I think if Pascal isn't as popular as it was at a certain time, which I didn't even know about, it's because there's nothing to support the language. I mean, C, for example, is supported by Linux and operating system development. But Pascal doesn't seem to have a very specific domain. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's anything it excels in, except algorithms. You might say it's a general-purpose language, but then, all languages are general-purpose in this case. I'm thinking about an area that would be interesting to develop so that Pascal could become truly useful. Perhaps web development would be where it could excel, by creating the right libraries and tools.
I hope to hear your feedback, without any hatred. We need to work together to bring this language to light. I feel like I'm giving orders, and that's not what I want to do. I apologize if this message offends anyone on this forum in any way; that's absolutely not the message I want to convey.
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