I get emails from people starting in Delphi, so there are at least a few Delphi users who are not going to get the Khan reference.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/salespartner PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington On 17/01/2012 11:59 a.m., Colin Johnsun wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
