Re: New Delphi roadmap is coming: NO UNICODE PLEASE!

none wrote:
Easier said than done but OK what VS plug-in do you have in mind that will attract new customers? Pascal lovers already have a language plug-in.

Borland should buy Chrome and rework it to make it Delphi compatible
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Hell, no!
What makes Chrome interesting is what makes it different from Delphi.
If Marc would sell it to CodeGear and they'd dump it down into a Delphi clone, I'd be instantly gone for C#. (even though I do not like C# all that much)
If you like/need the strictness and backward compatibility Delphi in .Net so much, go for Delphi.Net.
If you like Object pascal and .Net, w/o carrying legacy baggage and w/o the false pride to add features from other languages, then go for Chrome.
I don't think Chrome is the answer for all Delphi folks, and I certainly think Delphi.Net is it not either.

So why take away that choice from us pascal fans? ;-)
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