Por donde empezar en Linux y Object Pascal

[[FGarcia]]

No me quise quedar con la duda sobre tu pregunta Roman, baje e instale la version 2.2 de FP y en la carpeta Demos aparecen 4 ejemplos de aplicacion para Windows. Este es el codigo de uno de ellos Hello World.
¡No es nada divertido!

Código Delphi [-]
{
  Copyright (c) 1996 by Charlie Calvert
  Modifications by Florian Klaempfl
  Standard Windows API application written in Object Pascal.
  No VCL code included. This is all done on the Windows API
  level.
}
{$APPTYPE GUI}
{$MODE DELPHI}

program WinHello;
uses
  Strings, Windows;
const
  AppName = 'WinHello';
 
function WindowProc(Window: HWnd; AMessage: UINT; WParam : WPARAM;
                    LParam: LPARAM): LRESULT; stdcall; export;
  var
     dc : hdc;
     ps : paintstruct;
     r : rect;
begin
  WindowProc := 0;
  case AMessage of
    wm_paint:
      begin
         dc:=BeginPaint(Window,@ps);
         GetClientRect(Window,@r);
         DrawText(dc,'Hello world by Free Pascal',-1,@r,
           DT_SINGLELINE or DT_CENTER or DT_VCENTER);
         EndPaint(Window,ps);
         Exit;
      end;
    wm_Destroy:
      begin
         PostQuitMessage(0);
         Exit;
      end;
  end;
  WindowProc := DefWindowProc(Window, AMessage, WParam, LParam);
end;
 
 { Register the Window Class }
function WinRegister: Boolean;
var
  WindowClass: WndClass;
begin
  WindowClass.Style := cs_hRedraw or cs_vRedraw;
  WindowClass.lpfnWndProc := WndProc(@WindowProc);
  WindowClass.cbClsExtra := 0;
  WindowClass.cbWndExtra := 0;
  WindowClass.hInstance := system.MainInstance;
  WindowClass.hIcon := LoadIcon(0, idi_Application);
  WindowClass.hCursor := LoadCursor(0, idc_Arrow);
  WindowClass.hbrBackground := GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
  WindowClass.lpszMenuName := nil;
  WindowClass.lpszClassName := AppName;
  Result := RegisterClass(WindowClass) <> 0;
end;
 
 { Create the Window Class }
function WinCreate: HWnd;
var
  hWindow: HWnd;
begin
  hWindow := CreateWindow(AppName, 'Hello world program',
              ws_OverlappedWindow, cw_UseDefault, cw_UseDefault,
              cw_UseDefault, cw_UseDefault, 0, 0, system.MainInstance, nil);
  if hWindow <> 0 then begin
    ShowWindow(hWindow, CmdShow);
    ShowWindow(hWindow, SW_SHOW);
    UpdateWindow(hWindow);
  end;
  Result := hWindow;
end;

var
  AMessage: Msg;
  hWindow: HWnd;
begin
  if not WinRegister then begin
    MessageBox(0, 'Register failed', nil, mb_Ok);
    Exit;
  end;
  hWindow := WinCreate;
  if longint(hWindow) = 0 then begin
    MessageBox(0, 'WinCreate failed', nil, mb_Ok);
    Exit;
  end;
  while GetMessage(@AMessage, 0, 0, 0) do begin
    TranslateMessage(AMessage);
    DispatchMessage(AMessage);
  end;
  Halt(AMessage.wParam);
end.