Rainer von Saleski wrote:
Is it worth upgrading to Delphi 2010? Or should I just be content with
whatever I can do in Delphi 7?
Or will there be so many headaches using Delphi 2010 that I'll never
convert my existing programs?
I upgraded because I find keeping up with the latest keeps me interested
in programming. There have been enough accumulated changes since D7 that
I find D7 lacking in its feature set. However, I still do a lot of work
in D7, itself.
Like all Delphi versions after D7, D2010 is a much larger install and
the IDE is a much more complicated program. But on recent hardware it
runs well. Like all new software it loves free RAM, so have plenty
available.
I feel a big difference between D2010 and D2007, D2006, D2005, and D8. I
think they finally got their act together on D2010.
Whether you will likely run into coding problems really depends on your
coding techniques. You will likely find one or two ways of doing things
that you are used to that are now problematic and have to change. But
the Delphi engineering team has been reasonable in their enhancements
and modifications over the years so if you do find a couple of problems
I think they are for techniques you should stop using anyway.
For example, assuming Integer is stored in 32 bits and coding in a way
that depends on that fact is just dumb. If you need to be that precise
use the available types that specify storage size. Likewise the
assumption that Char is 1 byte.
Finally, if you intend to continue working in Delphi I would upgrade and
also get an SA agreement covering upgrades for the next year. There
will likely be another upgrade within that time and that will save you
money. Also, having a subscription supports the vendor better than any
other thing you could do. That's because it is a positive indicator that
you care about what happens to the product.
--
Doug C.
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