From: Martin Paulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> I think, there may be a Delphi -> C# Stampede.
I'm very pleased to see C#. Firstly, it's tantamount to an admission by M$
that Delphi, despite it's differences to VC++ and VB, has been a much larger
success than anticipated and now M$ want a piece of the action. Secondly,
C# is a brilliant way to attract MFC programmers for whom a switch to Delphi
was too major, via an intermediary language which introduces a lot of the
concepts. I would say that for a long time C#'s target audience will
largely be M$' own stick-in-the-muds.
At the end of the day, C# has to be really well done to be a success.
Delphi certainly has the edge in terms of a head start and the community,
and given M$' track record I expect initial versions of C# will have many
shortcomings. Lets face it - even though VB is crap, VB people have taken a
lot of convincing to switch to Delphi, because it's such a major step. But
now C# will largely replace VB, because nobody will be able to argue it
isn't better because it's still M$! So suddenly, everyone switches to using
Delphi-like techniques. All Delphi has to do is to remain better still, and
even the current VB hardliners will be forced to take notice of it. Such
competition is a good thing - it might stir up Borland as well.
> However the above articles make it clear that Microsoft has cloned and
> improved the basic Delphi architecture, and that C# will have the same
> advantage over C++ and VB that Delphi has. Thus Delphi immediately looses
> the competitive advantage that it gave me. C# also has the further
advantage
> that it will support all the latest and greatest API calls that Microsoft
> releases a lot sooner than Delphi is likely to.
Don't be so scared. :-) I wouldn't write off Delphi just yet.
Cheers,
Carl
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