Re: The best possible direction for Delphi?

Craig Stuntz [TeamB] wrote:

Sure, it could have been built in that time [...]

Really? It took Microsoft more time and two tries to get it right.
Notwithstanding the opportunity cost you reference.

I was accepting Kostya's claim for the sake of discussion. Change
"could" to "might". The point wasn't how long it would take so much as
the fact that with finite resources and time, it's impossible to do the
infinite things some people seem to be insisting on.

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