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

On 2006-08-29, Jon Robertson <jonrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a full blown delphi compiler that runs on Java then?

AFAIK it has been considered by Borland to do just that.

IIRC, the experiment was a Delphi to byte code converter, that would allow
Delphi built applications to run on Java.

I don't believe they ever tried to get a "full blown delphi compiler" to
run on Java. While the older IDE was exclusively built with Delphi, that
alone is not enough. As this thread mentions, the compiler and toolchain
pieces are not built with Delphi.

My bad. I actually meant a fullblown development system that could compile
existing Delphi sources to JVM without any modication. Personally I'd guess
you'd get the same limitations as with Delphi.NET.

A compiler would be interesting though, but more from a speed POV than
feasability, since it is more or less "just" a complex data tranformator.

.

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