Re: Newbie questions about Delphi...

Kevinp wrote:
Who is Embarcadero? What happened to Borland?

A couple of years ago, Borland spun off its development products to create a new company, CodeGear, with the intention of selling it. Embarcadero bought.

What is the difference between Delphi and 'Delphi for NET'? Can't one program do both?

Delphi is the language. It's also the product name, generally. Specifically, though, there are many product names. The ones with "studio" in their names usually include multiple "personalities," such as one for Win32 programming in Delphi, one for .Net programming in Delphi, and one for Win32 programming in C++. The 2006 edition of the product yielded a "turbo" line of products, which included just one personality each; the "explorer" versions were (and still are) free, and the "professional" ones were not. I don't know whether the turbo professional ones are available anymore since they're now two versions behind the latest release, Delphi 2009, which supports Win32 development exclusively, for Delphi and C++. I understand there will be another .Net offering sometime in Q1 or Q2 next year.

Does Delphi only work on Windows? Can I write programs for Linux?

Not with Delphi. Maybe for .Net, with Mono. Other key search terms: Free Pascal (fpc), Lazarus.

Can I do more with Delphi than VB?

Not right now. You barely even know Delphi.

What is it that you _want_ to do, or that you think you're going to want to do? It doesn't matter _what_ Delphi can do if you don't need any of those abilities.

Is there any real advantage to switching?


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Rob
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