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It is viable just fine as it is, i'm not sure what you have in mind.

In any case C++ support for Lazarus is almost impossible due to the work needed and the projects that will need to cooperate - i go into details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15893362




I meant, unless you have some very specific reasons, Pascal is not the first language to pick for a new project nowadays.


I think most people, certainly me, who would be looking for a Pascal compiler are trying to avoid C++ like the plague.

It’s funny when you read about languages like Rust and Go basically trying to undo decades of C-induced damage, reinventing (albeit also exceeding) thangs that Pascal/Modula/Eiffel already had.


Yet, it would be good to have an open source alternative to C++Builder. In other words, besides Pascal, to also have an option for a mainstream [native] language.




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