Unix convention has case sensitivity. IMHO it is laziness on the compiler designer's part because you don't have to convert everything to upper or lower case before you parse the line.
Tom Nesler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Smith Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [delphi-en] .NET or not .NET C# is so similar to Delphi that I don't understand why a proficient Delphi coder would think that there's a steep learning curve. The creation of objects is much easier, getter and setter notation is concise. The only thing that scares me about it is the case sensitivity (now what was Anjers thinking with that?). dave --- Nick Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have a read of... > > http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/WhyDotNET.asp?df=100&forumid=49724&exp =0&select=901792 > > On 4/4/07, Francois Steyn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We have to develop a new app from scratch. The > question is, what will > > we gain from going .NET or staying with Win32. We > write > > Accounting/POS/Payroll Systems. Software Updates > are > > distributed/downloaded via the web. We want to > run it as an offline > > system with batch updateing at the end of they day > (semi online if you > > specify your batch updates to be 0 seconds). It > must be fast(GUI & DB) > > and modular, application size must also be as > small as possible. eg > > having a (10mb application) vs (10kb application > +80mb .NET) Right now > > we're not really worried about Mobile devices, but > would like to have a > > web module where you can do ordering. > > > > Ive found alot of online sites with comparisons, > but to me it looks like > > a personal preference and I cannot get > distinguished features/reasons > > why we SHOULD go the .NET route. Everyone at the > company is very > > proficient with Delphi 7 Win32. Our possibilities > is Delphi 2007 Win32, > > Delphi 2006 .NET or C#.NET. C#.NET is almost a > nogo since theres a big > > learning curve. We do not want to develop the new > application for the > > next 2 years. > > > > Hope I made it clear enough! > > > > Thanks!! > > Francois Steyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > > To unsubscribe: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
