Re: What I Think Delphi Needs to Do to Survive

"Randy Magruder" <rmagruder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How many people do you suppose find that the syntax is the overriding
reason to use Delphi? The libraries and practices in developing a
platform are FAR harder than learning a different syntax. There's a
small comfort level issue in language familiarity, but I'd argue that
my BRIEF keymap is harder for me to part with than ObjectPascal Syntax.
That's why Chrome isn't gonna get a lot of converts. Because it brings
almost nothing to the table aside from a different syntax.


The choice of language is significant - if the programmer is knowledgable
enough to use the *full* capabilities of a particular language, rather than
just the subset similar to other languages he has had experience with.

The use of .NET makes the proper choice of a suitable language more possible
as it is more language-agnostic than other platforms (Win32, say). In the
past, the platform or framework was a much more significant limiting factor
in your choice.

While Delphi is not available for .NET 2.0 then, by definition, it cannot be
a language of choice for that framework, whereas Chrome can.

--
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpcp


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