-Original Message-
From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 8:59 a.m.
To: todd.martin...@gmail.com; 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] Unicode [redux]
Instead o
ng Integer
itself 64-bit).
(*) see next email
-Original Message-
From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jeremy North
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 12:09 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Unicode [redux]
Under what circumstances would you want to use the $H- option now? For
recompiling old code? Perhaps it should now be deprecated as well.
Time to update that really old code or just leave it in an older
version. I personally have a number of projects that I won't upgrade
for various reasons.
I fin
> What can I say
>
> http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer/2009/10/08/38901
>
> (I didn't mean you specifically)
>
Oh, I'd never even noticed that post. I should really start up feed
demon more often these days. Then again, I'm more interested in the
engadget posts that anything else I've subs
> You're fast putting me off upgrading.
I think all I'm doing is voicing the reasons that many people are *already* put
off upgrading.
Instead of threatening to withdraw upgrade rights I think Embarcadero could
improve upgrade take-up by simply offering a free copy of Delphi 2007 to
everyone u
Hi Jolyon
> The problem is that what we're stuck with is a mess, so all we can do is
> talk about the mess as a way of finding our way out of it (in the sense that
> by talking about the mess we might one day understand the mess well enough
> to be able to live with it).
You're fast putting me of
>> (for some reason people seem to prefer to come up with their own
>> ideas about what I think).
>
> Don't flatter yourself. I don't really care what you think at all ;-)
What can I say
http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer/2009/10/08/38901
(I didn't mean you specifically)
> How would suc
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Jolyon Smith wrote:
> Jeremy:
>
>> Separate Ansi and Unicode VCLs are not a viable solution.
>
> Straw man argument (but incidentally, do you believe separate Windows
> specific and X-Platform VCL's *ARE* a viable solution? h...?) ;)
Have never made public m
Jeremy:
> Separate Ansi and Unicode VCLs are not a viable solution.
Straw man argument (but incidentally, do you believe separate Windows
specific and X-Platform VCL's *ARE* a viable solution? h...?) ;)
And incidentally I for one never advocated dual ANSI/Wide VCL's... some
people seem to
