Writing GIMP plug-ins in Object Pascal
October 23, 2008 at 2:46 pm | In GIMP, Programming | 5 CommentsI slowly picked up GIMP# development again. To get my brain in the right mode I added a plug-in in yet another .NET language: Oxygene which is a kind of Object Pascal. From what I’ve seen it is a pretty decent language although I never understood why people would like to type 10 characters (“begin;” and “end;”) instead of 2 curly braces just to open and close a block 
For those interested: currently I run Mandriva 2009 with VirtualBox 2.0.2 on my loyal MacBook Pro for development. The fancy IDE I use is called Emacs.
IronRuby and the Fan Programming Language will probably be my next targets.
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Oh my god, Object Pascal! Ah, youth…
Comment by prokoudine — October 23, 2008 #
it’s all the power of the simplicity (oo pascal follows the kiss philosophy and in a way is better than c++ for example)
Most of the time you have to rewire your brain for c++
but pascal is focused to be an learning tool and it’s easier for the brain it seems
Just go in an computer science class and ask students what they like:c++ or pascal
I’m not talking about the genius but the average guy
The same is with php or java script it’s easier to catch and learn them than java or c++
Check the tiobe index and you will see how the scripting languages take over the work
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
Comment by Mariuz — October 23, 2008 #
Well, we all know C/C++ programmers are lazy dogs. They don’t like to write more then necessary i.e. { instead of begin or even i++ instead of inc(i) or better inc(index).
But I’m always wondering about the == to compare.
Ok, I know it’s because = is the assignment operator.
May the void* be with you.
McHack
Comment by McHack — October 24, 2008 #
It has something to do with the beauty of language, elegance and aesthetics. Curly braces just look ugly and only manage to make things harder to read.
Curly braces languages are like a Big Mac menu at McDonald’s, and Pascal is like a nice evening in a French restaurant.
Comment by Winni — November 2, 2008 #
I can only encourage you go on with the GIMP# project.
Comment by LektorVis — December 5, 2008 #