Hi Mike,
> In my view Delphi days are numbered. Glad I saw the light a few years ago
> and moved to C#. Still do some Delphi work, but C# now dominates.
Good for you. For me, Delphi demand has been increasing the past few years.
> Funny how in this list contributors have rubbished VB. It has been
> around for what seems a 100 years and still going strong.
Funny you should mention that: I was about to say the same thing about
Delphi...
> Everyone has praised Delphi, where is it heading to now?
> The scrap heap. Exactly where VB should have gone.
Do you see a pattern?
> Do what I did, look at where the demand is and move on.
Or stick to where the demand is ;-)
> Also the arguments for Delphi open source should be ignored.
That's one thing we may agree on: I believe Delphi should be
commercially managed by a company who gives full focus to Delphi and
Delphi developers. Not to ALM. But not by going open source, please.
> Move on, learn C++, C# or VB and prepare for the inevitable. This is where
> the opportunities are. Not, and unfortunately with Delphi. It has already
> been on a slow death after D7, let it die peacefully and be remembered with
> Fortran, Assembler and Cobol as an excuse to have a public holiday to
> commemorate what they achieved in their times.
Au contraire; let the spin-off be a start to grow the Delphi market even
more.
> We must accept these changes and stop holding on to what we loved and move
> on. If you don't want to, then the version of Delphi you have can still
> create eze's and may create a short term earning solution for you.
Again, the same thing can be said about VB and MFC. While there will be
new versions of Delphi, that I'm sure of.
> Mike
Groetjes,
Bob Swart
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