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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nic Wise
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 1999 09:31
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Why Delphi is Better Than VB
>
>
> > I was talking to my boss yesterday, and she seemed quite interested in
> > Delphi......BUT what I would like to aks is this, soi can answer the
> > critices elsewhere at work, is "Why is Delphi Better than VB".
>
> I think there might be a white paper on www.inprise.com, but, IMO:
>
> - Compiled, with no 1.5-2meg DLL overhead
Doesn't VB6 compile now? Do they still package it with the runtime DLL?
(Still slower, though)
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> - 95% true OO (it aint smalltalk, but VB is a JOKE for OO)
Seen the Jade schema browser? Maybe Borland should look at targeting parts
of Delphi at a slightly different market, the serious OO developer. (The
interface in D4 goes some way towards this though)
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> I think the kicker for me is, Delphi does all that VB does, and more.
> Having used VB a fair bit, I can't think of something it does that
> I can't do easier, quicker or better in Delphi.
You will notice this more if you are stuck doing something in VBA especially
e.g. Microsoft Access. There are no query components for example, if you
want to run a query in code you have to wrap your mind around dbengines and
workspaces and whathaveyou. Compare that to the ease of creating a query in
the Access grid but you can't use that query in code! How frustrating! Also
I find the VB object model and documentation less helpful and less easy to
understand than Delphi's.
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