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When comparing Free Pascal vs Java, the Slant community recommends Free Pascal for most people. In the question“What are the best general-purpose programming languages?” Free Pascal is ranked 3rd while Java is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Free Pascal is:
Very fast, even big programs compile very quickly.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Fast compiler
Very fast, even big programs compile very quickly.
Pro Easy to learn
Pro Cross platform
Many target platforms and architectures.
Pro Powerful
Close to metal while being high level, performance to match C/C++
Pro Verbosity
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
Pro Mature ecosystem
The language and all its tools have enough time to age and they've aged well.
Pro Type-safe
It is easier to catch errors sooner.
Cons
Con Memory hungry
Running the virtual machine, application server and application itself consumes significant amount of resources.
Con Unnecessarily obtuse and verbose
If you like typing 40 lines of code to open a file, Java is the language for you. If, on the other hand, you’d actually like to get something done, look elsewhere.
Con Oracle
Enough said.
In more detail: Oracle has acquired Java from Sun and continues to surround it with controversy ever since (legendary lawsuit with google, money extortion from the enterprise users etc.).
