Where is Intro To Delphi/Pascal From Embarcadero?
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Blade · 2021-03-27 17:40

Embarcadero never ceases to amaze and disappoint me.  I thought Delphi
(Object Pascal) was their flagship product, but there they are pushing
C++ for their latest video series on YouTube.  As if C++ needs the
extra promotion, in a cluster of also free IDEs, compilers, and
YouTube videos for it.

I won't mind so much, if there was already an Embarcadero YouTube
series called "Intro to Delphi" (or Object Pascal) from them.  I guess
common sense is not so common.

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440bx · 2021-03-27 18:52

Quote from: Blade on March 27, 2021, 06:40:00 pmI guess common sense
is not so common.
Common sense is the least common of all senses.

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speter · 2021-03-27 23:50

One might also think that E thinks their C++ product is superior to
the competition (I don't know whether it is); whereas in Delphi has a
hugely superior competitor (imho).

cheers
S.

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Blade · 2021-03-28 05:05

Quote from: speter on March 28, 2021, 12:50:23 amOne might also think
that E thinks their C++ product is superior to the competition (I
don't know whether it is)...

I would say that it is not or at least it's benefits are not fully
understood, and maybe a good indicator of this is how it's talked down
upon over at Stack Overflow and elsewhere.  It's trapped between
Microsoft's Visual Studio and the free open-source GCC. 

Arguably, it's true claim to fame is being associated with Delphi
(Object Pascal) and its way of doing things, where if you are somehow
in a multi-language environment with C/C++, then you can leverage the
familiar RAD practices, IDE, and some code. 

I understand that Embarcadero also didn't want to put all of it's eggs
in one basket, but such a strategy would have to be careful not to
cause conflicts between products where they hurt each other.  There is
a saying, "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face".  I'm all for
Embarcadero giving free C++ Intro video lessons, but if you haven't
done that for Delphi/Object Pascal, then it becomes WTF.  Like
Embarcadero doesn't have enough foresight to do a Delphi/Object Pascal
Intro video series to promote their more well known product?

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trev · 2021-03-28 05:10

Not sure what all the fuss is about - their are plenty of EMB Delphi
videos (I watched many before abandoning Delphi for Lazarus + FPC).

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Blade · 2021-03-28 05:25

Quote from: trev on March 28, 2021, 07:10:18 amNot sure what all the
fuss is about - their are plenty of EMB Delphi videos (I watched many
before abandoning Delphi for Lazarus + FPC).

I disagree, because of the nature of their videos on YouTube.  Many of
the previous Embarcadero videos are IDE and product specific, often
dealing with features or supposed product advantages, and are not
teaching the programming language.  Where the C++ video series is
teaching the programming language (and as if there isn't enough of
such on YouTube already). 

There are other YouTube channels that teach Delphi/Object Pascal, the
programming language, but it's odd that Embarcadero hasn't come out
with their own series.  I mean if they are going to go down that path
for C++ (as if they are a teaching resource), then they should have
arguably already done so for Object Pascal.