Re: Newbie questions about Delphi...

Kevinp wrote:

I've been database programming with VB for about ten years now. I've
'played' with Delphi a little bit many years ago and was curious
about it again. I have a few questions:

Who is Embarcadero? What happened to Borland?

Borland started to concentrate more and more on business solutions and
neglecting the programmer, although they were originally a developer
products company. They decided to spin off their development products
as a subsidiary company, called CodeGear. After looking for a buyer for
some time, CodeGear was finally bought by Embaracadero, which already
developed DB products.


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

..NET is a different platform and code for .NET won't just run on
Windows without .NET. .NET also requires different approaches, since
..NET is a managed platform. The code generated for a .NET program is
also entirely different.

So no, one program can't do both.

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