Perhaps we should have a Chrome list as well as a Delphi list. Chrome sounds like a good thing to know.
-Rich > I have checked Free Pascal out, as well as SharpDev and some others. > But I think the problem facing us all is much bigger than just needing to > write in Pascal. To be sure I consider it to be important enough to have > looked at Chrome deeper than any other solution, but it's Chrome's ability > to provide fully compliant .Net code using Pascal as the front end > language > that is even more important than simply being able to continue writing in > Pascal alone! > One of the biggest problems facing IDE's like FreePascal is > Borland's unwillingness to provide good, current, open information. This > has spelt the demise of other 3rd party tools before, and unless they do > no > one will ever be able to optimize a VCL for anything BUT Delphi! > Chrome on the other hand doesn't have to worry about Borland because > Pascal itself isn't owned by anyone. All they've done is equip the VS IDE > to compile Pascal into .NET compliant code, and that means that everything > enabled for .NET in VS is available to writers of Pascal. And they didn't > just stop there either, because on top of that they've added new features > to > Pascal that are really cool and very productive in nature! > I'd never even looked at a RemObjects before Chrome, but since then > I've come to realize just how smart these guys are! It takes a lot more > than intelligence to perceive the obvious and make it a part of a > solution. > It takes good common sense and the ability to look far beyond what others > have already accomplished. And the people at RemObjects have succeeded in > this to a great degree! If I do make the final decision to move away from > Delphi, Chrome is holding the top spot among all the alternatives I can > choose from. It's this kind of innovation that made Delphi what it once > was. It's a terrible shame that they have saddled themselves with the > kind > of neo-selfish management that now rules them! > > from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy" > freeware Windows apps and utilities > located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com > Proud to be a moderator for the > "Delphi Programming Lists" at: elists.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jack > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 4:15 PM > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > Subject: Re[2]: Delphi 2006 Announced...moved from Delphi List > > Hello Robert, > > Depend on what you need, you can also give Free Pascal a try. > It has a few free IDEs available, among which Lazarus looks like > Delphi so much :) I never seriously used it but I did compile > an empty form and it compiled and ran fine :) > > -- > Best regards, > Jack > > Saturday, October 15, 2005, 3:56:58 PM, you wrote: > >> I never claimed to speak for anyone else Rob. Any opinions I have >> offered relate directly to what I need and use. But again, except for a > few >> superficial items that they may consider enhancements that users of the > Pro > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
