Well said Rob! I'm a subscriber to these lists and many others, all exclusively for the Delphi community. I even run a Delphi group of my own, and teach people Delphi from the raw basics to the most extreme depths of programming.
I've yet to find any other language/IDE/programming-method with such a massive array of support and community. Delphi rules! Regards, Simon J Stuart Grey Cascade Designs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Meek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Delphi-Talk@elists.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:02 PM Subject: We should all be thankful! > During my recent foray into the wide world of NET programming I have > come to realize just how lucky we, as Delphi developers, really are. Not > simply because we have one of the very best language/IDE combinations > around, or that the VCL is a work of art. Not because Delphi allows us to > code the way we want to, and certainly not because of the wealth of 3rd > party components and libraries available to us at reasonable prices and even > for the asking. No, we're lucky because we have the very best developer > community around! > And before you even think that you might find the same kind of > willingness to help each other, provide examples, and even take the time to > teach another about the basics of OOP, know that it's not like this anywhere > else on the internet! > Now I'm not just talking about here on these Lists that we subscribe > to, although they certainly are to be commended for how they empower us, but > about the overall community of Delphi users and fans all over the world with > whom we can communicate over literally hundreds of venues! Delphi > programmers...where ever they are, and no matter what kind of work they > do...no matter if professionals or just hobbyists, are a breed of coder > unlike any other I have yet experienced! > As I intimated above, I have recently been spending quite a lot of > my time on non-Delphi venues trying to learn NET and work with various > databases. And it's cold out there, believe me! Getting the help one needs > is sometimes quite frustrating, and the attitude shown by many "other" > language enthusiasts can sometimes feel like a walk down 42nd St in New York > City! The warmth and friendliness common to the Delphi community is sorely > missing in such obvious ways as to make you want to run back to Delphi and > hide there forever! > I may be being a little dramatic, but in all seriousness, the next > time you ask for help from anyone in the Delphi community, please be sure to > show your thanks for the time and effort that has been given you. Such > consideration and brotherhood among those in this industry is a rare > commodity, and we must all help to protect it! > > from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006 > Proud to be a moderator of "The Delphi Lists" at elists.org > > (["An unused program is the consequence of a higher logic!", nil]) As > written in The Compendium of Accepted Robotic and Surrlogic Theorems Used in > the Self Analysis of Elemental Positronic Pathways...1st Edition Revised > > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
