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FPC 3.2.0 Released ! (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 26.06.2020, 01:21

> If you choose a memory model larger than needed, in theory that is less
> performant, at least on old 486- hardware that is pretty much 1:1.

Some apps aren't worth optimizing as much. Only frequently-used or long-running apps really matter here, but yes, it can be quite noticeable.

Then again, for simplicity, it may be less work to not support literally everything. "Good enough!"

> But for most stuff you just pick large, except for very small commandline
> programs you use compact. Huge is afaik more a speciality for backporting
> protected mode stuff.

"Small" model is for the basics, the common simple stuff. "Large" would be for anything relatively complicated and powerful. Everything else is only for obscure niches (still useful but less so).

There's (too) much fragmentation in the world, usually for good reason (but not always). Simplicity is a virtue, so is portability, but it takes hard work.

Complete thread:

• FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 21.06.2020, 11:02 (Announce)
  • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - glennmcc, 23.06.2020, 06:11
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 23.06.2020, 09:13
  • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 25.06.2020, 08:48
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Laaca, 25.06.2020, 11:14
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 25.06.2020, 23:26
        • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 26.06.2020, 01:21
          • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 26.06.2020, 12:13
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 26.06.2020, 01:16
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 25.06.2020, 23:22
    • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - DosWorld, 26.06.2020, 17:05
      • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - marcov, 26.06.2020, 21:46
        • FPC 3.2.0 Released ! - Rugxulo, 09.09.2020, 20:51