Will the next release of Delphi be supporting cross-compilation for Mac and Linux?

According to a recent blog post by Allen Bauer:

As we’re working on Fulcrum, the next RAD Studio release with a focus on cross-compilation for Mac and Linux, [..]

I figured someone would mention it in the comments, but I thought Mac/Linux support was a few re开发者_如何学编程leases further off. Maybe it's just me, but this is huge news.

Does this mean we will see Mac/Linux binaries created with a Delphi release this year?

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While I cannot commit to any kind of time frame or release dates, we are working on Mac and Linux targeting. There is also some work going on for 64bit targeting as well, however that will most likely not be in the same time frame as the Mac/Linux targeted releases.

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Fulcrum is the code name for the next release, so yes, the next release will include Mac and Linux support. I don't know about the time frame, but "this year" seems reasonable.

Native 64 bit support will be in a future release.

Personally, I prefer this order.

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Embarcadero once said that "the release after the next one will support 64-bit". That was supposed to be Delphi 2010. That didn't happen of course - far from it. Not only did it not appear in the release that was indicated, but it now appears it won't be appearing for at least 2 further releases, and in the meantime, things that were NEVER even mentioned have suddenly appeared and been given priority.

So there really is no reason to believe that Fulcrum will happen either, until it has actually been delivered, no matter who talks about it, at least not in the time frame that is being indicated.

Embarcadero have proven less than reliable when it comes to their "roadmap" which is frankly something of a joke - the "current" one still talks about things that have already been delivered as if they have yet to happen, for instance.

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FreePascal

I suppose it's not awful news...

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If you look at the last road map, you will see Embarcadero is working on Project called "Delphi X"

_{(source: embarcadero.com)}

and according to what Allen said, it seems it's will be compile to Mac OS & Linux at same time, which is great thing.

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If Allen said so, it's pretty safe to assume it's true.

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The best answer so far is by Michael Rozlog. It is an over hour interview with the Product Manager of RAD Studio and is worth hearing. It covers:

• The Delphi Survey
• Delphi application showcase
• Updates to the Delphi Roadmap
• 12 Videos of Christmas (later renamed the 12 Holiday videos)
• Compiler rewrite
• Project Fulcrum: Delphi on Linux and Mac in Beta
• Coming soon to more public beta (hopefully)
• Delphi Backwards Compatibility
• The upgrade cut off policy
• Free or low cost versions of Delphi
• And a whole lot more.

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