You think you have it bad

The C++ Builder newsgroup is not doing much traffic lately, so I thought I'd look at what is happening to Delphi ng - the next release of Builder will be in the same package as Delphi.

About a dozen posts ago, a question was raised about the fixes demanded in next upgrade. All I can say is if the D2005 is so unusable then pity anyone that is looking at C++ using the same IDE.

- Memory-Manager problems ...

- Faster IDE .. this had better be fixed, MS really have shown you how to do it. For C++ the intellihelp in Builder has always been useless. I have been using MS VS, and I cannot emphasis how important this is.

-zlib 1.2.3 support .. Dunno about this, it looks as though it is on the way to being fixed, but honestly, 3 patches and there is still glaring problems - come on.

-what QC's ... This is the big problem, the Builder C++ language implementation is woeful. Boreland were the premium language experts 10 years ago, but time and others have past them by (Comeau MS GCC et al)

And on top of a new release we will have to endure either 3 or four bug fixes (the best option), or buy another version and hope the bugs have been fixed. Don't believe me, see C++ V6 problems which were highlighted in V5.

If the big corporate developers are loosing patience, and the small shops are loosing patience then what hope Borland.

There is one last point I would like to make. I have written may apps in Delphi so I know the language moderately well. I prefer C++ for many reasons, but most notably is that I just like the language - its terse and elegant (and I dont have to hold the shift button down when I type an assignment ( x := y ) - :-). I have been using MS VS for the last 12+ months, and I *like* C#.
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