Hello Bot402,

Dr>>"I do not like Delphi, because it is not as powerful as C/C++."

Bot>>This has to be one of the most idiotic statements I've read on this forum for a long time.<<

This is not a forum for fighting matches ;-}

Bot>>Delphi is one of the most powerful languages that is available on the PC and in some cases far outways what can be done in C++ (it certainly produces smaller, faster code). Did you realise that a lot of Borland Builder C++ VCLs are written using the "inferior" Delphi language? <<

I have programmed for 25 years... I have programmed in Delphi, C/C++, Pascal, Assembly, ADA, Basic, RPG, and a few others. I know what Delphi does, and I know what C/C++ does.

Bot>>It's C and C++ that is the sloppy language compared to Pascal (Delphi).<<

It is what some people call a sloppy language. Yes, I agree, but it is only sloppy, because it is up to the programmer and the programmers knowledge to control what the program is doing. As I said before, you can overwrite Memory space quite easily in C/C++... This can be a advantage on security issues as well as a disadvantage to those who are not able to write good code.


Bot>> Pascal was first written as a training aid, to show how a correctly formatted and structured program should be written.<<

Nothing new to me. I even have a few older versions of Pascal. I believe it is called Turbo Pascal 3 (the version I have), and maybe Turbopascal 5 before I stopped purchasing it. I liked Turbo C/C++ from Borland better, to each their own.

Bot>>You've just insulted every Delphi user out there! even the professional programmers who use it to create programs that are simply staggering in their complexity.<<

No, I Have not insulted every Delphi user out there. I have only stated facts... Dephi is great for its field, it is a much easier and MUCH more forgivng language than C/C++ is. Unless a person knows how to keep control of their memory, stacks, variables, and initializations, C/C++ is not going to be easy for them.


This issue has been a long time running issue between the C/C++ and Delphi folks for years. <g>. The only thing I say ... To each their own. You like Delphi, (which I like also, and own 2 versions of it, and if I want to use it, I can click on the yellow 3 piller delphi32 icon and use it). I like C/C++ with or without the Builder, and own 5 versions of it. Thus it is my more preferred language to work with.

I do like the way they integerated Delphi into the Builder though!...Thus Borlands Builder will accept Delphi's object code too, and compile it. (quite nice IMO). There are *more* Delphi Programmers than Bolands Builders C/C++ too. I think in time, they will be meshing Delphi and C/C++ Builder into one huge IDE/Progamming platform.

Dwayne