Re: Pascal family of languages is getting crowded :-)

From: David Farrell-Garcia (davidf_at_orcasoftware.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: 11 Jan 2005 16:07:08 -0800

Maxwell Smart wrote:

> This is the same rhetoric I keep hearing from people in dot net land.
> "Dot net has some very high benefits for the right kind of
> application...blah blah blah...", ad naseum.
>
> Just once I'd like it if one of these dot net advocates could give me
> a single meaningful example as to what they could do WITH dot net,
> versus what couldn't be done otherwise without it.
>
> Ever since the year 2000 when dot garbage was announced, I've been
> waiting, but nobody has been able to provide me with anything yet.

It is not an issue of what CAN be done with .Net vs what CAN NOT be
done with Delphi Win 32. There are a good number of things that are
better and easier with .Net.

1. The class library far surpasses the VCL. The VCL has been great,
but has been around for a long time, with very little signficant
change. It is, long in the tooth.

2. ADO .Net is a vast improvement over ADO

3. ASP.NET rocks. I find few who would disagree, unless they have not
tried it.

4. C# is a very nice clean language as easy to use as Delphi (not
really on topic but I throught this one in anyway.

5. Garbage collection is a good thing. While this may be dusputed I
stand by it.

6. You have a choice of several languages.

7. Mono seems promising.

And there is much more. Now, like you, I am tired of the rhetoric of
those who bash .Net without a single good reason. Use it or don't use
it as you wish. Do Win32 if you want, nothing stopping you. As far
as your "Dot Garbage" comment .... give me a break. You lose
creditbilty with statements like that. 

-- 
David Farrell-Garcia
Whidbey Island Software LLC
Posted with XanaNews 1.17.1.2

Relevant Pages

  • Why is Delphi 2005 so slow at dragging forms?
    ... My first guess, of course, was that all the "dot garbage" pollution ... I personally DESPISE dot net and everything it stands for. ... The fact that Borland decided to FORCE it upon Delphi 2005 users is ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
  • Re: ADOX table delete/create runs as dotNet procedure, fails as class
    ... example for the ADO Connection, it would be something like ConnectionClass. ... > Following code found on MSDN runs OK as procedure in dot Net, ... > update rows in VB dot Net. ... > the DIM statements has a squiggly line indicating failure to compile. ...
    (microsoft.public.data.ado)
  • The best online ADO resource
    ... which is the best site for ADO on the web? ... which is considered th ebest (biggest) for dot net in general? ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.adonet)
  • Re: Dbase and no Like support in SQL
    ... All commercial products I've found are using ADO under dot net. ... Unfortunatly I can't change the database. ... program running in a DOS window under Windows. ...
    (comp.lang.java.databases)