Subj : Re: Anyone home??
To   : Thomas W. Mueller
From : Scott Adams
Date : Sat May 19 2001 08:13 pm

 -=> Quoting Thomas W. Mueller to Scott Adams <=-

 TWM>> apps, but Delphi also gives me easy GUI stuff which I had to do
 TWM>> manually with VP.
 SA> Yeah delphi is bulky...cumbersome....a WINDOWS IDe (Yuck)
 TWM> I love the Delphi IDE! Mind you, it is not perfect, but there are a
 TWM> lot of things I always miss as soon as I have to use something else or
 TWM> - even worse - a simple editor. I don't really do that much GUI
 TWM> programming, but even for real programming (in contrast to
 TWM> point-and-click program building) the Delphi IDE is great. 

        Oh yes for GUI its great.  However for big projects and
        the like that may not per se use GUI heavilly...nah
        But I guess you grew up with the IDE? I grew up with TP's
        IDE then bp so obviously prefer that only by nature of
        first use.  I'm sure if I started with delphi I would
        do delphi that way.  But I just still can't get into
        it at home.  Work is one thing but at home doing hobby
        or software stuff is another matter :)

 SA> but it does seem a tad faster in production than VP.
 TWM> And the code it produces is faster. I know, I have seen the code VP
 TWM> generates. ;-) No, really, Delphi's optimizing compiler is better than
 TWM> VP's, which does not mean that VP's compiler is bad. 

        I've not done profile testing myself not since the C vs
        pascal is faster debates but nothing with delphi.  But
        it does seem that way.

 SA> I just wish I'd ever get used to USING delphi...growing up on tp and
 SA> bp7 and such :)
 TWM> You know that the IDE supports the "classic" keyboard layout? I would
 TWM> have some trouble if that wasn't possible. ;-)

        The keys and such are simple its just having to reach for
        a mouse to code every 2 seconds is annoying.  I can
        program in bp hours without touching a mouse unless
        its testing my software :)

 SA> ... "In case you haven't heard, the war is over." - Dodger
 TWM> War? Which war? I don't remember any war! ;-)


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