[DUG] Traffic Builiding Question.

[Phil Scadden]

> 3/ How long have you been using Delphi?

Since D1 (hell, I did TP and Object Pascal for Windows)

> 4/ How long have you been on this list?

Since it started.

> 5/ Do you see yourself still using Delphi in 2 years?

Hmm. Freepascal does 64bit compilation and no sign of Delphi doing that. If 
Glscene gets completely working in Lazarus then I suspect all 3D stuff goes 
to that. Shims, services, quick-and-dirty RAD for windows - think I will be 
Delphi 7 for some time for that. Java + Eclipse for much else. On other 
hand I am still maintaining fortran - too large to move and supervising a 
fortran to c conversion which is also large but necessary for the MPI port.
I can be highly productive in Delphi in way that I cant be in any other 
language. The compiler is fast enough for me not feel that I am sacrificing 
runtime speed too badly. When your fastest CPU is too slow for you, would 
you move an app to C# or Java?

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