From: prino@onetel.com   
      
   "Dr John Stockton"  wrote in message   
   news:qYj2q6AnURwCFwnX@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.   
      
   I've seen it in a grey past and IIRC, it has very few routines (2?) and   
   not even stubs for the remainder. Those would be priority and FWIW, they   
   could all point to a routine that simply exits the program with a 'This   
   RTL does not support ' message.   
      
   >>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 words, or a URL, from you on the limitations and precautions.   
      
   It's a replacement RTL, so it should be in the appropriate section in   
   the mini-FAQ!   
      
   However, just started a new job this week, so I'm a bit busy with other   
   things, but if anyone has a URL and a few (tiny ;) ) words about it,   
   I'm happy to add it to the FAQ sometime in the next few weeks.   
      
   Robert   
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