I just don't see it working unless it is possible to take sophisticated applications using the current VCL (ie VCL32) and with some effort but not a complete rewrite (ie NOT replacing the entire component library!) modify the code using ifdefs etc so that you have single source that can compile to either platform. Similarly third party providers (eg DevExpress) need to be able to produce single source versions of their libraries fairly easily.
As far as I can tell they are producing a completely new VCL for the Mac just like CLX was for Kylix... if so then that means they are only targeting new applications which is a fatal mistake IMO. Of course doing what I suggest (making the new Mac VCL compatible with the existing VCL32 BUT still making it appear native on other targets) is probably at least an order of magnitude harder than what they are trying... but if they don't then I don't really see the point. Interested to hear what others think. Cheers, David. -----Original Message----- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Kurt Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2009 7:24 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: [DUG] Embarcadero article From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/12/embarcadero_codegear_tools_future/ "Embarcadero is now betting on cross-platform for Delphi and its partner C++ Builder, which shares many of the same libraries. 'The most important thing is native cross-platform, Mac and Linux. Some of our biggest customers have moved completely to Mac. Internationally we don't hear as much Mac interest, but Linux is really strong,' Williams said. Wasn't this tried before, at least on Linux, with a 2001 product called Kylix, which nobody bought? 'Two big differences,' according to Williams, at least. 'First, that wasn't a cross-compile approach. People are fine developing on Windows. I need to be able to debug against a remote machine, but I don't need the whole IDE over there. The other difference [is] they were too early as far as Linux goes, and from a visual standpoint now Mac matters. I've never been so sure about an opportunity.' " cheers, Kurt _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
