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   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2009-12-30, Ruud  wrote:   
   >> Try to backup and then kill the PIF file.   
   >   
   > You mean the PIF files as used with Win 3.11 ??? None found. I'm using   
   > a minimum system anyway; leave anything away and TP won't start up at   
   > all.   
      
   Afaik win95+ also use them to store properties of programs.   
      
   > So because of these delay problems, I decided to try FPC again after a   
   > long time (two years?). I used it before but I two problems with it:   
   > - too bulky EXE-files; for example 200 KB vs. 30 KB for one of my   
   > programs   
      
   Won't ever change. 32-bit code is simply bulkier, and the RTL is portable,   
   not handwritten 16-bit assembler.   
      
   Do you still use floppies daily?   
      
   > - the IDE interface wasn't stable IMHO I downloaded 2.2.4 and it works   
   > like a charm. It seems that for the most of my projects it is "Good bye,   
   > TP!". But tinkering around with 8088 machines means that TP, even version   
   > 3.0, still is needed from time to time.   
      
   In 2.2.4 via 2.2.2 the IDE is roughly on the same level as in the 1.0.x   
   series.   
      
   2.4.0 (real soon now) will hopefully further improve the help (an optional   
   chm download that is quicker to decompress and smaller on disk), and I hope   
   that 2.4.2 in summer/next fall will improve the debugger support. (moving to   
   gdb7)   
      
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