On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 02:26:21PM -0400, Thomas Hruska wrote: > 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.
... or if you don't like Pascal you can use C++Builder, which is functionally identical to Delphi, but with a C++ syntax. > 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). I think Borland let it sleep for a while, particularly after the failure of Kylix (Delphi for Linux), but it's not dead. Delphi 2006 has been out for a while now. The odd thing about all of this is that for a lot of those shareware programs, Delphi 4 (circa 1998, iirc, and given away freely on the cover of several computer magazine CDs a few years later) is all that you'd ever need to build them. There is no real incentive for many developers to ever upgrade to a newer version, and there is probably not a lot Borland can do about that. 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/
