1. nProf If you need a Profiler to identify time-based bottlenecks in your GPCP code, I can recommend this one as being simple and easy to use: ...
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koen_desaeger
Apr 23, 2007 8:16 am
Hello, The compiler seems to use a locale dependent way to convert reals to strings and vice versa. Here in Belgium we would write: pi = 3,1415 with a comma,...
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John Gough
j.gough@...
Apr 26, 2007 5:28 am
Hi All I think Koen is right. The compiler should always use the invariant locale for output when writing for another tool to read. Originally GPCP only used...
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cfbsoftware1
Apr 30, 2007 7:36 am
I'm currently preparing v2.0, a freeware release of the Component Pascal IDE for .NET 2.0 If anybody would like to try it out and let me know if there are any ...
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cfbsoftware1
May 18, 2007 6:18 am
When generating a CP symbol file from Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll so I could access the SpecialDirectories Class (to access the path of 'My Documents' etc.) I...
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cfbsoftware1
May 18, 2007 6:37 am
... Follow up: I don't need a fix in a hurry. I've just discovered the VB libraries are not actually needed. The special folders can be accessed via the...
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John Gough
j.gough@...
May 18, 2007 4:54 pm
Thanks to Chris for the bug report. I'll check it out and post an update. John...
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cfbsoftware1
May 22, 2007 3:18 am
... accessed ... Oops! I spoke to soon - I now have a different problem. The following test code: MODULE SpecialFolders; IMPORT Sys := mscorlib_System, CPmain;...
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John Gough
j.gough@...
May 22, 2007 5:30 am
Hi All I am in Redmond for the rest of this week. I will try to find a diagnosis for Chris' problem when I get back. It all looks very mysterious. John...
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cfbsoftware1
Jul 5, 2007 1:00 am
If you are converting some existing Win32 code to use with GPCP on .NET the 'Microsoft Win32 to Microsoft .NET Framework API Map' is useful when trying to...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Jul 5, 2007 10:42 pm
... Thanks Chris! Not much activity here on GPCP... is anyone (besides Chris) here actively using GPCP? And if so, are you using the .NET version or JVM...
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Jürgen Rolshoven
jrolshoven
Jul 6, 2007 7:52 am
... Hi Marc, as a computational linguist, I am working on machine translation for natural languages. I use BB CP and GPCP for JVM. Jürgen...
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cfbsoftware1
Jul 11, 2007 7:53 am
v2.0 of the Component Pascal IDE will include 20 or so new simple source code examples for GPCP for .NET. These are aimed at both newcomers to the CP language...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Jul 11, 2007 10:45 pm
... Thanks Chris! Always good to have more examples... I'm wondering, are there any plans to "pretty up" the imports from the .NET framework? I mean, the...
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cfbsoftware1
Jul 12, 2007 12:31 am
... I agree. I have never liked underscores anyway, but double- underscores and trailing underscores ...??? I would much prefer to see the usual .NET dotted...
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John Gough
j.gough@...
Jul 12, 2007 3:31 am
Hi All Ok, I agree with the comments regarding the ugly foreign naming conventions. However, it was originally a hack to get foreign imports going, and now...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Jul 12, 2007 3:50 am
... It's amazing how much things improve with the elimination of a few underscores... :-) This is still less than ideal (because of the brackets), but it is...
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cfbsoftware1
Jul 12, 2007 7:23 am
... instances in import lists, and have a unique syntax taken from the IL ... Yes - that would be an improvement. ... compiler and PeToCps agreed on the name...
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cfbsoftware1
Jul 13, 2007 1:37 am
You can see a two-part Microsoft video interview with John Gough in Aug 2006 related to his work implementing compilers on the JVM / .NET framework at: ...
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judoheli
Jul 26, 2007 2:59 pm
Hallo! This codes dose not compile. MODULE DirectoryTest; IMPORT Sys := mscorlib_System, IO := mscorlib_System_IO, CPmain; VAR path :Sys.String; BEGIN path:=...
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K John Gough
john@...
Jul 26, 2007 11:24 pm
Hi Helmut In Component Pascal a literal string is an array of char. The solution is to pass a System.String to the WriteLine rather than this array. Thus ...
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Schrei
judoheli
Jul 27, 2007 5:16 am
K John Gough schrieb: Hi Helmut In Component Pascal a literal string is an array of char. The solution is to pass a System.String to the WriteLine rather than...
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cfbsoftware1
Aug 1, 2007 12:27 pm
Version 2.0 of CPIde, an IDE for GPCP .NET was released earlier today: http://www.cfbsoftware.com/cpide A summary of What's New in v2.0 is at: ...
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Schrei
judoheli
Aug 2, 2007 4:22 pm
... Hallo, if i try to setup the new cpisetup.exe i get an error "the operating system is not adequate for running CPIde." Im useing windows 2000 with Dot NET...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Aug 2, 2007 11:52 pm
... The setup and the IDE both work fine here (Windows XP Professional SP2). Thanks, Chris -- this IDE makes GPCP much more pleasant to use! Marc...
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cfbsoftware1
Aug 3, 2007 7:52 am
... Hi Helmut, Oops - my mistake! Thanks for letting me know. You can now download the fixed version (v2.0.1) from: ...
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cfbsoftware1
Aug 3, 2007 8:06 am
... Hi Marc, Thanks for the feedback. Can you think of any more topics for examples that might be useful - particularly to CP newbies or .NET newbies? Regards,...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Aug 3, 2007 6:43 pm
... Well, you've got a lot of Console output examples, but the only textfile output example I see "Birthdays", and people may not realize that this has...
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Marc Martin
marcmartin2
Aug 3, 2007 8:10 pm
John, I was looking at the GPCP version history within "GPCPcopyright.cp", and see that from 2000 to 2005, there were multiple new releases of GPCP each year....
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Stephen Harris
sharris1_us
Aug 3, 2007 8:19 pm
Gah! Don't let GPCP development stop! I think this is an excellent language; even though I only understand the simpler parts of it, it is still very pleasant...
