Matt, I was brought up on Pascal in the 70's and have used all versions of Borland Pascal since the original Turbo Pascal on one 360Kb floppy In terms of performance I can't speak loudly enough about Delphi. Also, since they removed the dependence on the Borland database engine some years ago Delphi has matured way past being standard Pascal.
If you want RAD development in a really structured language which runs as fast as the Fox then take a look at it. The great thing about the product is that there are addons everywhere and lots of free software but I have to say that the development environment is now looking a little dated compared with VS and data integration which we all love with VFP whilst simpler than when using .NET (VB and C#) is still kludgy. As with VFP there is a hardcore base of Delphi fans ad since Borland offloaded the product this has given it a rebirth - I wish the same thing had happened with VFP. I certainly would look at the product for quick Desktop development but prefer C# for enterprise development. You certainly know that .Net has been added in as an extra as opposed to being integrated from day 1. You can download the basic Delphi software free along with Turbo C++ with a restriction that you can't create commercial apps - much like the equivalent Microsoft offering(s). Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Slay Sent: 14 January 2009 14:21 To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: Delphi programmers vs. Foxpro programmers? Anybody got a feel for the number Delphi programmers vs. the number of Foxpro programmers? I just heard the Delphi folks on a DotNetRocks podcast, and it sure sounded like there is a lot of Delphi development going on (by Delphi). T hey claimed to have done a lot to work .NET into it and vice versa. Just curious what you all know about it. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/10ea55d29b48488c9d7b59049700c...@develop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
