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#1

Hi,

I am a Pascal programmer. Been one all my life. All my 25 years of code is in Pascal.
Now I have to develop for mobile platforms.
I selected Corona / Lua as it is the only language which I have any chance to learn.
But I _need_ to be able to use chucks of Pascal code in my apps.
I downloaded a Lua-Pascal kit
( http://www.spreendigital.de/blog/2009/09/28/lua-5-1-for-delphi-2010/ )
which makes it possible to call Pascal code from Lua. But I don’t see any way to pre-compile the Pascal into binary modules for IOS or Android, which I could then load in Corona Lua.
Is there any way to generate binary modules which can be loaded in Corona Lua?

Thanks, Bart
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#2

Hi Bart,

sorry, no support in Corona for external libraries what so ever. You can only use uncompiled Lua code/libraries.

Cheers
Michael

http://blog.fantomgl.com
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#3

You might as well just convert it.

I’ve been doing Pascal since '95 (Delphi 1 - 7) but wouldnt attempt to use any of that code. If you dont have it get yourself a copy of Programming in Lua 2nd edition which covers how you implement objects in Lua, might help with the transition.
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