WILL
01-12-2004, 02:46 AM
Well ladies(maybe?) and Gents, the verdict is in...
I have tried the latest flavor of Delphi and I have to say that at first I was intrigued... then put off (but the sheer size of the installation; over a gig)... then dismayed by the ugly and irritating tweeks of the new editor... finally disappointed by the fact that CLX support is not included.
I have to ssay that Borland has made a serious miss on this one. Not only have they pulled 'an Adobe' (known for it's every other version having to 'correct' a mistake in interface design that the previous 'latest and greatest' left users with that familiar bad taste in their mouths), BUT they completely let down a recently new (and created by their own hands mind you!) technology that was still fighting to grow to what it's original intention was in the first place.
What is Borland thinking??? :x
The only 'good' thing to it, which I have no personal interest in, is the .NET(which it's that great either) and C#(which is no really Pascal either).
Personally the last compiler that was any good that they made was Delphi 7 and I doubt I'll be switching until either a WORKING version of Kylix 4, or whatever, comes out OR a much 'nicer/easier to install on Debian' IDE comes out for Free Pascal (fully supported Object Pascal language will help sway me too).
Of course this is just one man's oppinion.
I have tried the latest flavor of Delphi and I have to say that at first I was intrigued... then put off (but the sheer size of the installation; over a gig)... then dismayed by the ugly and irritating tweeks of the new editor... finally disappointed by the fact that CLX support is not included.
I have to ssay that Borland has made a serious miss on this one. Not only have they pulled 'an Adobe' (known for it's every other version having to 'correct' a mistake in interface design that the previous 'latest and greatest' left users with that familiar bad taste in their mouths), BUT they completely let down a recently new (and created by their own hands mind you!) technology that was still fighting to grow to what it's original intention was in the first place.
What is Borland thinking??? :x
The only 'good' thing to it, which I have no personal interest in, is the .NET(which it's that great either) and C#(which is no really Pascal either).
Personally the last compiler that was any good that they made was Delphi 7 and I doubt I'll be switching until either a WORKING version of Kylix 4, or whatever, comes out OR a much 'nicer/easier to install on Debian' IDE comes out for Free Pascal (fully supported Object Pascal language will help sway me too).
Of course this is just one man's oppinion.