Kylix programming tool
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Kylix is a Linux version of the Borland Corporation's Delphi and C++ Builder development environments for Microsoft Windows. Kylix allows programmers to develop software applications for Linux using Object Pascal, C++, or C.
During its lifetime the product was plagued with bugs and instability. Due to disappointing sales it was abandoned and there are no indications another version is forthcoming. There is no upgrade path to Delphi 2005 nor Delphi 2006, and neither seem to include the CLX library support. Furthermore, the last official supported Linux distributions are: Red Hat Linux 7.2, SUSE Linux 7.3 and Mandrake Linux 8.2. Kylix will run under more recent Linux distributions but requires some research and additional configuration (eg. have an older version of glibc available, and make other changes to the default environment).
Kylix is named after the kylix, an ancient Greek drinking cup.
See also
External links
- http://www.borland.com/kylix/ - The official Kylix homepage.
- [kylixforum.de.vu] - German Kylix board with English section.
- [CrossKylix] - a third-party toolkit which allows you to compile native Linux applications from inside the Windows Delphi IDE.
- [CrossFPC] - a third-party toolkit still under development, which integrates the Free Pascal compiler into the Windows Delphi IDE.
It allows multiple OS compile targets (including Linux) supported by the Free Pascal compiler.
See more about it from [this mailing list discussion].
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