I don't get this "Delphi done right" rubbish. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Imagine all the things you'd change in your projects if you could start fresh 10 years later.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM, John Bird <johnkb...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > As I heard the story some years ago....cannot vouch for accuracy: > > Microsoft courted Anders for quite a while, as a brilliant technical lead. > Finally they sent a limousine to Borland to take him out to lunch, and gave > him an offer "he couldn't refuse": > > He could choose what he worked on > They would double his salary > If he agreed to sign up that lunchtime they would give him $1 million. > > He went. > > > There's a nice video on Channel 9 of him speaking on his history, and some > Borland people turned up to add to it. > > I think its > http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Behind+The+Code/Life-and-Times-of-Anders-Hejlsberg/ > > Would love to hear from those who have used both C# and Delphi their > opinions on whether C# is Delphi done right or become bloated complex and > MS-only. I hear lots of nice comments about C#, and observe that many > programmers who disappear into that cave are never seen outside alive > again... > > John > >> Are we talking about Anders Hejlsberg? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg >> He's a pretty smart guy. I think he is the chief architect for C# >> rather than .net >> >> >> Leigh Wanstead wrote: >>> I don't understand why Delphi designer can move to Microsoft to be chief >>> of dot net. Can someone explain it? >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
