Re: teaching a child - console or GUI

From: J French (erewhon_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 07/24/04


Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:16:58 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:18:51 +0100, Dr John Stockton
<spam@merlyn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>JRS: In article <4100d7bd.268035668@news.btclick.com>, dated Fri, 23
>Jul 2004 09:21:03, seen in news:comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc, J French
><erewhon@nowhere.com> posted :
>
>><quote>
>>Versions of 32-bit Delphi before 4, (in versions 2 and 3), have their
>>Integer type as a 16-bit type, so it will be nessary to change the
>>"Integer type" here to 32-bit LongInt type, and change the 16-bit
>>"Cardinal type" to 32-bit DWORD.
>></quote>
>
>
>The quote may be an accurate reproduction; but I do not believe the
>contents.
>
>AIUI, integer became 32-bit with the release of D2.

Absolutely - it was a minor nuisance when migrating from D1 to D2

Worrying that someone could make such incorrect statements.



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