Re: Version after Version


"Frank de Groot" <franciad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yes. AFAIK it's better because it has function inlining, something I
> managed to persuade Borland to implement (it took a year of incessant
> explaining on their server why it would be a good idea, now it's hailed as
> the "most important improvement" but they still banned my ass for
> diverting their time from their "real business", ALM & .net)

>> I ask because I might be able to acquire it on the cheap.

Way to go Frank.

>
>
> Delphi 2005 has "issues", though. Not the compiler, the IDE. It's slow as
> molasses (of course that's only my personal opinion and things might have
> improved). Many have said that Delphi 2005 is totally unusable (for them),
> but others said that after the third service pack and half a dozen
> unofficial patches, it's quite usable. I would try it first if I were you.

Unfortunately I won't really have a reference other than my VB6 IDE. It's
already on its way, so I'm now locked into learning it.

:-)



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