So your argument is that .NET doesn't perform as well as compiled code for Win32?
So what about the capability that .NET has to take a .NET app and convert it into native code for that platform? What about the huge amount of research that quite clearly says that certain kinds of optimizations done at runtime by smart engines allow p-code applications in many ways to be _faster_ than their native code from the start equivalents? What about just-in-time compilers that optimize code for the specific processor that your app is running on - allowing faster versions for Pentium 2, 3, and 4 processors? What about the ability to distinguish between server side and client side optimizations? The current win32 compiler market [for delphi at least] is a one size fits all, .net clearly focuses on the ability to dramatically _improve_ performance, not reduce it! Surely you don't believe what you just wrote? -----Original Message----- Well .NET looks from what we can see as suitable for particular types of application but hardly looks a universal platform. I've been with Borland since Turbo pascal 1 but like many others are very concerned by the latest turn. If we cant compile for performance platform then its time to part ways. I am certainly not going to D8 for .NET. And I cant see how even MS can stick to .NET without parallel win64 development. Too much risk from competitors. Without any assurance that I would ever use D8, it is hard to get excited about testing it. Now, maybe my fears are unfounded but key collaborators seem to have the same fears and the same searching for an alternative system. I've got to see a lot of dust settle before I can get excited over .NET ---------------------------------------------------------- Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
