I agree - Delphi is probably the best all-around development tool
avaialble (and C++ Builder comes second). and I prefer writing Delphi
whenever possible (I'm a pascal fanatic myself). I also bought Delphi, and
would like to buy Kylix. but while I can afford an $100 development
environment, I can't afford a $1000 one.
Oded
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
> Actually, from what I read Borland plan to release a "free" version of Kylix
> during the next few months... Also, I don't care that their IDE requires
> wine. What is important is that the applications compiled are native to
> Linux and DO NOT require wine. As for the price, then I'll tell you this: I
> program for a living on Windows, and my decision to move from VC to Delphi
> was the best one I did in the late years. The speed of development with
> Delphi paid for the product itself many many times. I think Delphi is the
> only true RAD tool... Nothing else I've seen comes close to it. So for me
> the choise is simple: Either develop on Linux with Kylix, or not develop on
> Linux at all. While I (probably) can afford making my application
> multi-platform (Win32 + Linux), I surely cannot afford moving to Linux
> entirely.
>
> I think the hype is directed not to open-source programmers, but to Windows
> programmers (like me), who would like to develop for Linux too. I didn't
> have time to play with it yet, but I plan to. I'll take one of my smaller
> not too Win32-specific programs, and see how easy it can be ported to Linux.
> If I'm satisfied, I'm going to shell out those $1000...
>
> Haim.
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