I think Jolyon is right.
The difference between a proof of concept (which is basically what the guy has now) and a robust tool which handles the majority of Delphi features and libraries is enormous. Several orders of magnitude sounds about right to me (meaning 100-1000 times more difficult, or even more). I agree with the general principle though that being able to build for Android (and/or iPhone and others) would be great. However I think the only way it could really be done in a decent way is by Embarcadero continuing to extend the back end compiler to support more and more target platforms. They have made a few references in recent times which suggest they hope to do this but only time will tell. Cheers, David. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter Sent: Monday, 29 November 2010 1:23 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Company closing you should download it and make it do more then :-) jeremy On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsm...@deltics.co.nz> wrote: Is it a compiler? Technically I mean - I'd call it a translator. :) I wonder how far it can go though, beyond the simple examples I mean. Translating a push button and a call to ShowMessage() is one thing. Being able to translate a complex application with all the libraries that Android must support strikes me as a number of orders of magnitude more complex. -----Original Message----- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Alister Christie Sent: Monday, 29 November 2010 12:39 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Company closing Interestingly the compiler is written in C# Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington On 29/11/2010 12:08 p.m., John Bird wrote: > ?http://lenniedevilliers.blogspot.com/2010/09/delphi-for-android-sneak-previ <http://lenniedevilliers.blogspot.com/2010/09/delphi-for-android-sneak-previ %0Aew.html> ew.html > > Just checked out the DelphiDroid - not sure what state its at but simple > examples are at least working - see a sneak peek video at the above address. > Says been tested with "Delphi 6.0, 7.0, 2005, 2006 and 2010." > > This is exactly the sort of tools we need - why does Embarcadero not jump > onto this asap??? > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
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