>From what I understand the reason the compiler is so good is two-fold: 1 - The original design of Pascal by Wirth was to make a language that could be structured formally and be easily compiled - all the features of pascal are intended to make it a one-pass compiler with no preprocessing required (as per C). Thats the reason for having to forward declare procedures and functions, andfor the order of sections in a unit.
2 - Anders Hejlsberg was a particularly good writer of compilers. Certainly in all the delphi years compilation speed has never been an issue. The one all-inclusive exe advantage is the main reason I chose Delphi., and also the large amount of google-able samples, questions, etc. And the occasional component, but I try wherever possible to make the standard VCL do all the song and dance I want, as it means no issues when it comes to upgrading to later versions (used 3 versions of Delphi with no issues from upgrading). John > And the Delphi compiler is still a freak of nature - don't have a *lot* > of experience here, but still don't think theres anything that comes > close as far as being small and fast and making binaries that are as > small and fast. > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
