SmallTune

I would like to give you a small update, so you can get to know what's happening behind the scene. I'm currently rewriting the whole program from scratch. The reason is simple: I switched from Delphi to Free Pascal (Lazarus). Why? Well, obviously Embacadero (or CodeGear, Borland, Inprise, whatever) doesn't care about hobbiest. There is no free version of Delphi any longer. Rumor has it, that there will be a new, free (or cheap) version this year, but I won't wait.

With Free Pascal, I'm using a quite powerful compiler. Where Delphi can only compile for native Win32, FPC supports Win32, Win64 (wuhuuu), MacOS, Linux, Windows CE ... damn, even Game Boy Advanced, Nintendo DS, Haiku aaaand iPhone.

So, yes, this compiler is quite powerful. Of course, this costs something. Size, to be precisely. An empty FPC app is about 40 kB larger than an Delphi app (17 kB compared to 55 kB). I guess, this is prize I have to pay. And I will, of course.

I closed the latest poll about the module system. It seems as if almost 98% of you really like the idea, so I'm going to implement the system in Free Pascal. Because I have to dig into the new language and IDE, the release of the new version might get a bit delayed. I'm thinking of end of february, begin of march. We will see... ;)