> The Borland IDE has in my experience allowed me in certain ways to flow in > thought and in creativity in problem anaylasis and solution finding, in an > almost unconsciouss way, that, I know from other friends, does not happen so > easily, if at all, in other highly controlling IDEs.
I can concur a little with this. Using both VS C++ .NET and Delphi 7. I find VS a monumental pain. Borland however reminds me very much of DEC - great engineering and useless marketing/pricing/product strategies. They just arent doing themselves any favours. IMHO Pro should be core product. (once bitten, twice shy on the highlevel versions - I'll choose my own 3rd party tools with long term support and support across versions thank you). Concentrate on performance, IDE, processor support (64bit for start) and cross-platform. And don't think documentation is afterthought. Glad I havent done an "upgrade" from D7 for all accounts. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
