Sonia,
> Is thr any strong reason to move from c# to delphi ?
I don't know much about C#, but the first question to ask before you spend
a lot of time learning and developing in any language is: I this language
based on an industry standard? An industry standard is one that is set and
maintained by an independent standards organization, like W3C, ANSI, ISO,
and ECMA. Delphi is based on the ANSI standard language Pascal. Delphi
extends the Pascal language in many ways, but you can isolate your use of
those extensions so that moving to another Pascal-based development
environment is straightforward. I read something shortly after C# was
rolled out by Microsoft that they had submitted it as an ANSI standard, but
have not read anything about the finalization of the standard. Be aware
that Sun originally promised that Java would be submitted for an ANSI
standard and then reneged.
Why do I care if it is a standards-based language? Because writing
non-trivial programs in an efficient way involves writing a lot of library
code which will, one way or the other, be recycled into a great many
programs. If the language you write your library in is based on an
independent standard, you have a reasonable assurance that future
implementations of the compilers (or interpreters), and even future
versions of the language itself, will be backwardly compatible with your
library. If you choose a language that is not standards based, it is very
likely you will need to rewrite your old code as the language evolves. Ask
anyone who has written VB software for any length of time.
Glenn Lawler
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