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  • S Stigmurder

    After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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    How people feel about anything on this site should in no way affect your enjoyment of that thing. ;) The only Borland product I ever used was Turbo C++ back in the day and I loved it because of the radical new invention of coloured syntax highlighting. :)

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      How people feel about anything on this site should in no way affect your enjoyment of that thing. ;) The only Borland product I ever used was Turbo C++ back in the day and I loved it because of the radical new invention of coloured syntax highlighting. :)

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      Stigmurder
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      wow, that must have been way way back in the day.

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      • S Stigmurder

        After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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        Clickok
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        Delphi rocks. I hope that Borland CodeGear write a really better version of Delphi for .Net 3.0 soon.


        Engaged in the learning of English grammar. ;)
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        • S Stigmurder

          After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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          Christian Graus
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          Delphi seems to me to be a disaster. At least, any software that I've known was written in Delphi, has been an obvious disaster. I have no idea what it looks like, tho. Are you on a quest to use the most popular language ? If you want to do windows, C# and VB.NET are the only logical choices, IMO, unless you have a reason to use C++. Delphi doesn't even make the list.

          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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          • C Christian Graus

            Delphi seems to me to be a disaster. At least, any software that I've known was written in Delphi, has been an obvious disaster. I have no idea what it looks like, tho. Are you on a quest to use the most popular language ? If you want to do windows, C# and VB.NET are the only logical choices, IMO, unless you have a reason to use C++. Delphi doesn't even make the list.

            Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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            Igor Vigdorchik
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            Christian Graus wrote:

            Delphi seems to me to be a disaster

            Christian Graus wrote:

            I have no idea what it looks like

            How can you judge something that you have no idea about?

            Christian Graus wrote:

            Delphi doesn't even make the list

            Are you sure about that?[^]

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            • I Igor Vigdorchik

              Christian Graus wrote:

              Delphi seems to me to be a disaster

              Christian Graus wrote:

              I have no idea what it looks like

              How can you judge something that you have no idea about?

              Christian Graus wrote:

              Delphi doesn't even make the list

              Are you sure about that?[^]

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              Christian Graus
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              Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

              How can you judge something that you have no idea about?

              As I said, every Delphi program I have seen, was a disaster.

              Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

              Are you sure about that?[^]

              I mean my list of well supported languages for Windows. I can't speak for other lists.

              Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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              • C Christian Graus

                Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

                How can you judge something that you have no idea about?

                As I said, every Delphi program I have seen, was a disaster.

                Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

                Are you sure about that?[^]

                I mean my list of well supported languages for Windows. I can't speak for other lists.

                Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                Igor Vigdorchik
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                Christian Graus wrote:

                As I said, every Delphi program I have seen, was a disaster.

                What does it have to do with the language being a disaster? BTW do you know what is the language that Delphi is based on?

                Christian Graus wrote:

                I mean my list

                Care to share with us how did you come up with your list?

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                • I Igor Vigdorchik

                  Christian Graus wrote:

                  As I said, every Delphi program I have seen, was a disaster.

                  What does it have to do with the language being a disaster? BTW do you know what is the language that Delphi is based on?

                  Christian Graus wrote:

                  I mean my list

                  Care to share with us how did you come up with your list?

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                  Christian Graus
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                  Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

                  BTW do you know what is the language that Delphi is based on?

                  Pascal ?

                  Igor Vigdorchik wrote:

                  Care to share with us how did you come up with your list?

                  Common sense

                  Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                  • M Member 96

                    How people feel about anything on this site should in no way affect your enjoyment of that thing. ;) The only Borland product I ever used was Turbo C++ back in the day and I loved it because of the radical new invention of coloured syntax highlighting. :)

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                    John Cardinal wrote:

                    The only Borland product I ever used was Turbo C++

                    The one with the dos text mode ide? I think i still have the floppy disks from the educational version that came with my text book

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                    • S Stigmurder

                      After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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                      I've done some Delphi and I dont mind it. := )


                      Java IS a platform so it is not platform independence, remember that. Your program runs on a platform regardless of what you think or what people say. With Java you are not running on different platforms, you are running on a platform that sits on top of other platforms, and remember the .NET platform sits on top of platforms other than Windows. - CSS on JAVA

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        Delphi seems to me to be a disaster. At least, any software that I've known was written in Delphi, has been an obvious disaster. I have no idea what it looks like, tho. Are you on a quest to use the most popular language ? If you want to do windows, C# and VB.NET are the only logical choices, IMO, unless you have a reason to use C++. Delphi doesn't even make the list.

                        Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                        Fernando A Gomez F
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                        If I'd had to choose between Delphi and VB6, I'd choose Delphi in less than a picosecond. Although, I admit, Delphi is known for having many bugs in its standard controls. Still, it's best than VB6 IMO. Also, AFAIK, Delphi 7 follows the CLS and you can use it to build .NET apps.

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                        • L Lost User

                          John Cardinal wrote:

                          The only Borland product I ever used was Turbo C++

                          The one with the dos text mode ide? I think i still have the floppy disks from the educational version that came with my text book

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                          Yeah that's it, I still remember that cool feeling you get when you see some new truly cool technology come along. I bought it with my first computer I ever bought brand new. Also around that time was the "Origami" editor which was the first editor I ever used to write code that supported collapsible regions. I used Turbo c++ to write a very convoluted and big BBS door game which sadly I gave up on 3/4 of the way through when real life required more attention. Oh well all that coding helped out in the big picture one way or another.

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                          • I Igor Vigdorchik

                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            Delphi seems to me to be a disaster

                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            I have no idea what it looks like

                            How can you judge something that you have no idea about?

                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            Delphi doesn't even make the list

                            Are you sure about that?[^]

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                            Transact sql below cobol seems a little suspect doesn't it?

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                            • F Fernando A Gomez F

                              If I'd had to choose between Delphi and VB6, I'd choose Delphi in less than a picosecond. Although, I admit, Delphi is known for having many bugs in its standard controls. Still, it's best than VB6 IMO. Also, AFAIK, Delphi 7 follows the CLS and you can use it to build .NET apps.

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                              Christian Graus
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                              I'd choose PE over VB6.

                              Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                Yeah that's it, I still remember that cool feeling you get when you see some new truly cool technology come along. I bought it with my first computer I ever bought brand new. Also around that time was the "Origami" editor which was the first editor I ever used to write code that supported collapsible regions. I used Turbo c++ to write a very convoluted and big BBS door game which sadly I gave up on 3/4 of the way through when real life required more attention. Oh well all that coding helped out in the big picture one way or another.

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                                John Cardinal wrote:

                                Yeah that's it, I still remember that cool feeling you get when you see some new truly cool technology come along. I bought it with my first computer I ever bought brand new.

                                It was my first programming experiance after cobol so I thought it was fantastic. I dont miss the 16bit segment/offset pointer stuff though

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                                • C Christian Graus

                                  Delphi seems to me to be a disaster. At least, any software that I've known was written in Delphi, has been an obvious disaster. I have no idea what it looks like, tho. Are you on a quest to use the most popular language ? If you want to do windows, C# and VB.NET are the only logical choices, IMO, unless you have a reason to use C++. Delphi doesn't even make the list.

                                  Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                  Stigmurder
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                                  no, Im not on any kind of quest just curious to others opinions.

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                                  • S Stigmurder

                                    After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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                                    The author of C# is also the author of Delphi. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/oreilly/windows/news/hejlsberg_0800.html[^] "Anders Hejlsberg is also known for having designed Turbo Pascal, one of the first languages available for PCs. Anders licensed Turbo Pascal to Borland and later led the team that created Delphi, a highly successful visual design tool for building client server applications."

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                                    • S Stigmurder

                                      After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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                                      NormDroid
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                                      Delphi rips over VB, Delphi at the time was even better than MFC.

                                      .net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.

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                                      • C Christian Graus

                                        Delphi seems to me to be a disaster. At least, any software that I've known was written in Delphi, has been an obvious disaster. I have no idea what it looks like, tho. Are you on a quest to use the most popular language ? If you want to do windows, C# and VB.NET are the only logical choices, IMO, unless you have a reason to use C++. Delphi doesn't even make the list.

                                        Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                        I did a bit of work in Delphi 2.0, it was waaay better than any other offering at that time. Anyway, Total Commander[^] is one Delphi application that I cannot live without :-)

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                                        • S Stigmurder

                                          After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

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                                          Stigmurder wrote:

                                          After learning how people feel about VB, I was wondering how people feel about Delphi? I have a copy of Borland Turbo Delphi and so far I find it easy and fun.

                                          I guess, 80% of all freeware and nagware (a.k.a. shareware) programs are written in Delphi.

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