This is only anecdotal, but most Delphi developers I meet are usually over 35-40, and have "used Delphi since it was Turbo Pascal", so I'd say, there is a very good chance that they'd know Philip Khan.
It's also a sad fact, that there doesn't seem to be too many younger people taking up Delphi. Colin On 17 January 2012 09:51, Steve Peacocke <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder how many actually remember Philip Khan. > > Steve > > > On Tuesday, 17 January 2012, Stefan Mueller <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Just found it on “The Register” today and thought it makes for an amusing >> (but a bit longwinded) read: >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/verity_stob_sons_of_khan_2011/ >> >> >> >> The woes of Techdom >> >> 1. And it came to pass that the seasons rose and fell, and financial >> crisis waned while new financial crisis waxed, and the Kimjongilia flower >> did wither and fade on the vine. >> >> 2. But misfortune struck the code cutters of Java, who were still on >> their never-ending pilgrimage to the land of Lambda, whence other pilgrims >> had long since been and gone and shrunk the T-shirt. >> >> 3. And they awakened one morning to discover that they no longer >> worshipped the Sun god, but now did owe their allegiance unto the Mighty >> Beard. Bummer. >> >> 4. But the Sharpers of Dotnet were also troubled, especially the cult >> of Silver Light. And they looked fearfully upon the antics of the high >> priest of the Softies, saying: What the blazes doth Fester think he playeth >> at? >> >> 5. However, the Sharpers were laughing compared with the fate of the >> tribe of Flashinites. For the departed god Steve had cursed them with >> a great curse. >> >> 6. And He had stationed a cherubim with a flaming sword which turned >> every direction to guard the way to the store of apps, and banished them >> from the sweet money orchards of Cupertino. >> >> 7. Wherefore the king of the Flashinites, that is called Adobe, did >> consider hard and long. >> >> 8. Yeah, he considered for longer than it taketh a Dellish machine to >> reboot with yet another Acrobat upgrade. >> >> 9. Then, when he had finished thinking, Adobe did ungird his loins. >> And he did conceal the sword of resistance into the scabbard of abrupt >> capitulation, and the shield of technicalleadership into the >> cupboard-under-the-stairs of user base abandonment. >> >> 10. Yet even the Æsthetes, that art the disciples which loveth the Jesus >> phone the most, were discontent. >> >> 11. Wherefore the language of the Æsthetes was Æbjective C. >> >> 12. And this Æbjective C is about as æsthetic as the secret mouldy side >> of the last orange in the bowl, that one discovereth abruptly when one >> taketh it up. >> >> 13. Yet the Æsthetes admitted this not. >> >> 14. And so it went on, among all the tribes and cults and sects in the >> land of developers, there flourished the stinking weed of discontent. >> >> 15. And every geek that micturateth against the wall was baffled and >> afraid. >> >> Opportunity knocketh >> >> 1. And in those times the elders of the tribe of the Sons of Kahn >> did live in the discotheque of Embarcadearohdearohdearyme. And they looked >> out upon this chaos. >> >> 2. And they saw that it was good. >> >> 3. For one elder spake up in this manner: if we punt out a decent >> version of Delphi now, we could be onto a fantastic hearts-and-minds win, >> and we will enjoy the Second Coming of Pascal. >> >> 4. For all we need do is make it more modern than Java, and more >> 'native'-allowing-the-inference-but-certainly-not-actually-stating-faster >> than C#, and more Apple-friendly than Flash, and less hideous than Æbjective >> C. >> >> 5. And targetting not only on both 32- and 64-bit Windows, but >> also Mac OS and iOS. >> >> 6. So the blessed users of Delphi may loll around in the sweet money >> orchards ofCupertino. >> >> 7. And little children shall once more dangle their elses in the >> limpid brook, and weave repeat/until loops from honeysuckle blossoms, and >> even declare local procedures. > > -- > > Steve Peacocke > Mobile: 0220 612-611 > Linkedin Professional Profile > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
