don't be too hard on Java nad Delphi. Java is the only choice for many corporate level porpgrammers for web based distributed projects. IBM has but hundreds of thousands of dollars into Websphere and it is not going away in the near future. It is still expereincing a strong growth and has become a reasonably mature and stable language.
As for Delphi, pascal is an awesome language, Delphi is an excellent language to work in as it compiles well, allows RAD and is portable. It also forces you to thing about passing by value or reference, allows pointers, forces you to think about memory allocation and freeing, including libraries as well as giving you a thorough grounding in OO methodologies. Don't knock it. Even if you only learn it as an educational tool it will ground you as a programmer and make C so much easier to transition into later if you decide to go that way. Delphi is also the development language for a lot more mainstram programme than you might relaise. Just keep your eyes open for the delphi style or standard icons in programmes you see and watch how many you do spot. Cheers, shane PS How is my time setting now? Correct? On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:49, you wrote: > Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > The M$ stuff > > works on Losedose only (VB, C#), java works everywhere. > > C# has been "public domained" by M$. Although this is a sneaky trick by > M$ to kill Java it still means that GNU can and has produced a C# > compiler for Linux. > > The Mono project has also been built up to provide that compatibility > with the dotnet stuff. -- Shane Hollis Notes Unlimited New Zealand Ph: 021 465 547 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
