[HN Gopher] Why IBX and Why Lazarus (2011)
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       Why IBX and Why Lazarus (2011)
        
       Author : mariuz
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2023-11-13 09:18 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | theamk wrote:
       | tl/dr: they did not want to learn new stuff and wanted to keep
       | their "software development investment"
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       | > what would happen to all the software development investment
       | that I had made in Delphi based software.
        
         | YakBizzarro wrote:
         | And so? It seems to me a very legit wish, they have tons of
         | code to rewrite for little benefit. And this is the extreme
         | opposite of just complaining: they took their critical missing
         | component, ported to the new ide and released for everyone
        
           | theamk wrote:
           | Nothing wrong with that wish, I am just giving the answer to
           | the question posed in the title, and to the first sentence of
           | the text ("why should you use Lazarus in the first place")
           | 
           | (I used to program in Delphi back in high school, and so I am
           | interested in the FPC/Lazarus news.. maybe it's finally time
           | for me to go back to basics? But at least this article's main
           | argument does not sound very compelling to me.)
        
       | Gys wrote:
       | (2011)
        
         | atomski wrote:
         | Last update (2.6.3): 21 October 2023
        
       | 6LLvveMx2koXfwn wrote:
       | Tony Whyman, June 2011
        
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