Re: native-code languages (slashdot) and Borland rant

Linux won't be worth the effort on desktop in the foreseeable future
(didn't
we learn from Kylix?) and Macs run XP now, so nobody cares about MacOS.

I don't know about mac, but Kylix was not done proberly imho and it's some
year later now.

For cross platform, there's Java.

well or Trolltech! But I'd much prefer a pascal based language.

The Pixel editor (http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/?page_id=12) shows that
it *is* possible to write decent desktop based application with Pascal. (And
if (afaic) one person is able to do something like that, what about a whole
corporation, or if they would invest in such things. (I have no idea if he
would even appreciate this, it's just for technical sake).

DevCo should just go back to its strength
rather than spreading too thin.

Perfectly true.
I proposed to support fitting open source projects *because* with thin
ressources this may be the only way to broaden the platform support.

Regards,
Hans-Peter


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