Hi,
I think Borland is doing what MS did by combining all the development languages
(Delphi, C# and C++) all into one IDE.
I think that the future of Delphi looks good! Borland must stay up to date with
the latest technology from MS (Delphi is for the MS Windows platform) so I
don't agree about all the negative comments about .Net. Its all business: If
Borland doesn't offer .Net support in its products and .Net updates (like .Net
2.0) developers will start leaving.
I'm glad about the C++ update, been using C++ Builder 6.0 for too long now.
Like the saying goes: "Follow The Leader!" in this case MS is the leader with
its OS (like new Windows Visa) and Borland is doing what it can only do - by
following the technology.
Just my opinion...
Kind Regards,
Lennie De Villiers
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From: Vahan Yoghoudjian
To: Yahoo Groups: Delphi En
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:30 AM
Subject: [delphi-en] Future of Delphi
Pasted this from Borland's newsgroups... any opinions?
Vahan
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Delphi Roadmap 2005 - 2006
Here are a few notes on our current plans for the next few Delphi product
releases:
2005 - DeXter
The next release of the Delphi product family, code named "DeXter" will
further advance developer productivity through enhancements in Code Insight,
Code Completion, Code Templates, and refactoring across all the Delphi IDE's
language personalities. Significant language and toolchain enhancements
have been made to the Win32 Delphi compiler, including support for operator
overloading syntax in Win32 and support for inlining compiler magic
functions such as Length(). On the .NET side, ECO III has a plethora of new
stuff, including property change triggers and state machine definition and
management.
DeXter will include support for Win32 C++ programming, ala BCB, alongside
Delphi for Win32, Delphi .NET and C#. C++ coders will benefit from the host
of IDE productivity tools developed since the BCB days, including Code
Insight, Error Insight, and even refactoring. And of course, VCL app
development in C++!
Performance analysis has been a hot item for this release cycle. You'll
notice dramatic improvements not only in the DeXter IDE startup times, but
also in the runtime performance of your own Win32 Delphi apps! Highly
optimized routines from the FastCode project have helped, as well has an all
new high performance non-blocking multithreaded Delphi memory manager.
DeXter is currently scheduled to be completed and released this year (2005).
It will support development of Win32 VCL applications and .NET 1.x WinForms
and VCL.NET applications. The command line compiler will support building
apps for .NET Compact Frameworks, though there will be no IDE designer
support for CF in this release.
2006 - Highlander
The next Delphi product cycle after DeXter is code named "Highlander," and
will focus on updating the entire Delphi toolset to support .NET 2.0. There
will be ongoing work for Win32 C++ and Win32 Delphi, but the largest portion
of new work in Highlander will be for .NET 2.0. Delphi.Net language support
for generic types, partial classes, and nullable types are pretty much a
requirement in .NET 2.0. We intend to have IDE design surfaces for .NET
Compact Frameworks up and running in Highlander (using VCL.NET on CF), as
well as support for developing and debugging 64 bit .NET apps written using
WinForms and VCL.NET.
The current plan is to release Highlander in calendar year 2006. We're
considering releasing tech preview builds for download by registered Delphi
customers shortly after .NET 2.0 is released, but that will depend largely
upon how quickly we can get the raft of new language syntax nailed down, and
upon when Microsoft gets around to actually shipping .NET 2.0.
As always, these plans are subject to change.
Deferals & Distractions
I apologize for the tardiness of this roadmap update. This post was
originally drafted in February but was put on hold pending closure of some
delicate contract negotiations. When those negotiations were successfully
concluded (in May!), I was busy with other Borland business and this post
drifted further into the depths of my outbox. Labor Day found me on the on
the brink of the DeXter crunch mode maelstrom, thinking that it might be a
good idea to push this post on out there. (gee, ya think?) By that time,
though, it was considered "too close" to the planned DeXter "rolling thunder
" campaign, so I reluctantly (and cursing a blue streak) put it back on
hold, per Borland request. At last, the holds are released! Fly, be free!
posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:08 PM
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# re: Delphi Roadmap 2005 - 2006 9/27/2005 7:35 PM Andre Beckedorf
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