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    Turbo Delphi ?

    I suppose they have not yet decided on final price, as:
    Turbo Professional, a version priced less than $500
    So we still need to wait a little longer.
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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Quote Originally Posted by noeska
    I do not think this is a so good deal. Or at least not for those people who use both object pascal for win32 and .net . They would need to buy two licenses at $500 which is the same as delphi 2006 pro. But that one is cheaper as upgrade where it only costs $499. I will pass this one.

    Besides visual studio standard for one language only costs $149 in full version. If there would be a standard version with support for building and using own components (not plugins) and costing the same as visual studio standard things would be different. (And no i do not count student versions as full versions).
    Sorry to be happy that for me, a person with a tiny bank account, that something Delphi might be within my reach for the first time EVER. I have had student editions, and while D6 student edition was pretty good, I couldn't make a damn cent with it any way I wanted to.

    Visual Studio has no compeditor IDE/Language to Delphi/Object Pascal. 'Nuff said.

    Frankly, yes, Delphi is overpriced. But Pascal is the language I like most, and Freepascal just isn't my style. Lazarus isn't either. I'm sorry to those who like them, but until they're very polished, stable and size efficient, it just isn't going to be used by me. Not even to improve it, because I lack the skillset for IDE development.

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Don't forget that if you don't mind the fact that its .NET you can always go with Chrome:

    Chrome 1.5 with Visual Studio - Full License
    (for new users that do not own Visual Studio 2005) [Add to cart] EUR 249,-
    Chrome 1.5 with Visual Studio - Competitive Upgrade
    (for owners of Borland Delphi that do not own Visual Studio 2005) [Add to cart] EUR 199,-

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Kosek
    3rd party additions or no, I'm still dancin' in the kitchen! For less then $500 I can get the whole compiler, rather then $1000 for the entry level with the older versions.

    *cash register chime*
    You can get whole compiler for free (and no non-commercial restrictions)
    Free version is not capable of installing design-time packages of 3rd Party libs into IDE. (You can still use them in code)

    Quote from forums.borland.com / delphi.non-technical.

    Roddy Pratt wrote:

    > Are there any "commercial use" restrictions?

    Nope. None. Get the turbo, create the next great killer app. Make
    millions.

    But just remember that little company that started it all. ;-)

    --
    Nick Hodges
    Delphi/C# Product Manager - DevCo
    http://blogs.borland.com/nickhodges

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Quote Originally Posted by sky_khan
    You can get whole compiler for free (and no non-commercial restrictions)
    Free version is not capable of installing design-time packages of 3rd Party libs into IDE. (You can still use them in code)
    Thanks for popping in, Nick. I am aware of that aspect, but since I do use design-time components, and since I will probably like the new IDE I will probably by a copy after using the Explorer edition for awhile.

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Hey Nick,

    It's great to have you here on PGD mixing it up with us meer game developers.

    I, like I think most of the site regulars here, are quite excited about the new DevCo. And with this latest 'Turbo' announcement it's even more fuel to the fire. I think you'll find that Pascal programmers are usually quite passionate about their language and the tools that support it. So in this, I'm sure that the new company will have the continued support of your current user-base.

    The main area that I feel has lacked unfortunately, is the indie and student side of things. But with more stuff like Turbo I can see a huge turnaround in time.

    Since we've got you here though; something that has been in huge debate here on the site is education of Object Pascal in schools. What plans would the new DevCo have for helping the encouragement of this wonderful language in universities and schools across the globe? Perhaps the Turbo line will act as a catalyst to this do you think?


    Other than that, keep up the good work, we here are routing for you guys!
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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Another question that I would like to put up is, what are the plans regarding cross platform compilers? The only reason that I stoped using Delphi was its lack of cross compatability (well that and I hate the new IDE, but I have been around long enough to know how to run the compilers from the commandline).

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Now its a big question if all the 3rd party graphic engines and add-ons work with Turbo Delphi or not.

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    Turbo Delphi ?

    Quote Originally Posted by WILL
    Hey Nick,

    It's great to have you here on PGD mixing it up with us meer game developers.
    just to clarify, sky_khan is not Nick. He was simply quoting what Nick had said.
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    Turbo Delphi ?

    :? Go figure.
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