> > While it is good to see Borland/Inprise porting to Linux, I would > point out a practical problem with Delphi. > > Not so much the language itself, it may well justify those > enthusiastic exclamation points, but it is only available from > one company, and it's future is tied to Borland's fortune. > > A language with an Open Source implementation is a much safer > long term bet. But there are no real alternatives in the wings. For some reason the Linux crowd has problems adopting Java and cling to archaic languages like C++ and C for application development. These languages have their merrits as the OS level, but as soon as you actually want to do something big (Java) or fast (Delphi), then there is little alternative. The best tools available on this front seem to be Python and Perl but there are limits to how far you should be really taking them. > There are many proprietary languages that have bitten the dust. Well noted. Kylix is a major risk because it is a proprietary implementation, but without it Linux will always be a real bitch to code for. (Ex-Delphi coder / lover) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
