Re: Clarification about Delphi

From: Lauchlan M (LMackinnon_at_NOSPAMHotmail.com)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:51:33 +1000

> > I had Delphi 2 and finally upgraded to Delphi 6. Unless you are planning
> to
> > write network or web apps you needn't worry about .NET.

I think this is a major mischaracterisation or misunderstanding of .NET.
Think of it as a framework, like the VCL in Delphi, that is going to underly
Windows development for the next 5 or more years and is meant to replace
using the Windows API. Ie, .NET is mainstream windows application
development framework, not just for "network or web apps", and it is what MS
hopes everyone will move to so that Win32 development today becomes like
what 16 bit Windows was yesterday - obsolete.

> I forgot to ask about Kylix. That is regular Delphi but with a compiler
> that writes code for Linux systems?

You can think of it that way, yep.

Lauchlan M

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