Re: The trend is to move away from Delphi...

Jon Robertson wrote:
Andre Kaufmann wrote:

the Delphi compiler is IIRC written in C++. So technically all VCL sources
(Pascal and BCB C++) could be compiled with any C++ compiler

That's like saying that all gasoline is made from crude oil, therefore my car can run on any product created from crude oil.

Yes, the Delphi compiler is written in C++. But that doesn't mean that suddenly all C++ compilers in the world are able to recognize the Delphi language, parse it into meaningful tokens, and generate binary machine code for it.

Wasn't meant to be a real reasonable solution / idea ;-) and - yes - it doesn't matter in which language the compiler is written in.

With 2 step/phase process I meant that the Delphi compiler could be changed and compiled with any C++ compiler and then used to generate C Code from the Pascal / C++ VCL source, to be compiled and linked together.

VCL has been proofed to be very portable across platforms (.NET, Linux) and languages (Delphi, C++). But perhaps it's too late for a portable native framework to be successful (I mean for other compilers ;-) )
and it's better to concentrate on Delphi and innovative tools.


Andre


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