From: jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk   
      
   JRS:  In article <1119911265.980583.236370@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>   
   , dated Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:27:46, seen in   
   news:comp.lang.pascal.borland, Jim Leonard  posted   
   :   
   >KiFLa wrote:   
   >> Unfortunately, it seems that development od TinyRTL is stoped. Maybe we   
   >> could make a group that would develope it so it would have string   
   >> handling routines etc.   
   >   
   >That kind-of defeats the purpose of *TINY*RTL, yes?  If you use   
   >TinyRTL, you are *supposed* to write your own writeln, etc.  Remember,   
   >the system RTL is included in every single Turbo Pascal compiled .exe.   
   >If you start including tons of stuff into TinyRTL, you'll be right back   
   >where you started with the default system.rtl.   
      
   ISTM that the size on disc of a tiny RTL is almost immaterial; as long   
   as only that which is used is linked in to the EXE, and the minimum of   
   that is tiny, and the non-mandatory stuff is not bloated, all will be   
   well.   
      
   However, it might be clearer to retain the minimal RTL file and to have   
   a subsidiary strings library designed for use with it.  That would   
   retain the advantage of having common code that someone else had already   
   removed most of the bugs from.   
      
      
   To a previous article in the thread : no doubt the FAQ maintainer, if he   
   considers the topic itself worthwhile, will be pleased to accept a few   
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