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0 pointsmwcampbell11y ago0 comments

Why do you want to see Go on Android? Yesterday, on the C++14 thread, you told me about why you gave up Turbo Pascal for C++ when you started programming for Windows 3.0 because you wanted to use a language officially supported by the OS vendor. If we apply that logic consistently, it seems to me that it would be best to just use Java on Android, unless you want to share code between platforms.

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pjmlp11y ago

I agree, but sharing code between platforms is what I do, as I want to target both Android and Windows Phone on my hobby coding. So the common language winner to both SDKs is C++.

The ticket was created back when I was still into Go and was wishing for first level support on Android.

Still I think it would be nice if it would be supported for those that like the language.

mwcampbellOP11y ago

Have you looked at RemObjects Elements (http://www.remobjects.com/elements/)? With that (commercial) toolchain, you can write in either C# or Oxygene (an Object Pascal-derived language), and compile to .NET IL, JVM bytecode (and from there to Dex bytecode for Android), and even native code running atop the ObjC runtime for iOS and Mac.

pjmlp11y ago

I know then from the time they used to collaborate with Embarcadero. Although I left Turbo Pascal/Delphi when Windows 3.x was still actual, I kept on following Borland.

What I am doing are very basic hobby projects, when private life allows for, which is seldom the case nowadays. You can check some of them with my nick at GitHub.

If I would be doing a commercial app, I would be buying either Qt or Xamarin, mainly because they are better known and using Pascal like languages (except maybe Ada) is no longer relevant on my CV.

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pjmlp11y ago

I agree, but sharing code between platforms is what I do, as I want to target both Android and Windows Phone on my hobby coding. So the common language winner to both SDKs is C++.

The ticket was created back when I was still into Go and was wishing for first level support on Android.

Still I think it would be nice if it would be supported for those that like the language.

mwcampbellOP11y ago

pjmlp11y ago

I know then from the time they used to collaborate with Embarcadero. Although I left Turbo Pascal/Delphi when Windows 3.x was still actual, I kept on following Borland.

What I am doing are very basic hobby projects, when private life allows for, which is seldom the case nowadays. You can check some of them with my nick at GitHub.

If I would be doing a commercial app, I would be buying either Qt or Xamarin, mainly because they are better known and using Pascal like languages (except maybe Ada) is no longer relevant on my CV.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse