For anyone that may need another reference :-) Dev-C++ (not the compiler part) is written in delphi as well.
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Thomas Hruska Sent: Mon 8/21/2006 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-prog] New to C...suggestions? Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On 8/21/06, Brewer, Sean L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know of people that still use it, a lot. I haven't used it, but I'd guess >> it's pretty useful. > > I get the impression Delphi is 'Visual Pascal' Delphi = Visual Pascal is a correct assessment. Delphi is, in theory, good for RAD development with pre-made components - assuming you don't mind programming in Pascal-like languages. Essentially, drag-and-drop programming. Roughly 60% of the popular products in the shareware industry are developed in Delphi. For example, Spybot Search & Destroy is Delphi-based. InnoSetup, a very popular installer technology, is also written in Delphi (and allows programmers to use embedded Innerfuse Pascal for custom installer programming). However, Delphi is a "dead" language because Borland let it die (leaving a lot of users hanging) and most Delphi users don't like the .NET edition of Delphi (Delphi 2005, IIRC). So open source projects like Lazarus are getting fresh injections of code fixes from hard-core Delphi users converting to those projects. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 Safe C++ Design Principles (First Edition) Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure, portable, and user-friendly software. Learn more and view a sample chapter: http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
