[DUG] Stopped Using D2005

[Jeremy Coulter]

This is not what I want to read after just purchasing it !!

Are you talking about the Win32 side of things, or the .Net....or the whole 
lot?


Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Kyley Harris <KyleyHarris at gmail.com>
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:28:54 +1200
Subject: [DUG] Stopped Using D2005

> well, after months of trying and frustrating patience, I have left 
> delphi 2005 and gone back to developing with Delphi 7.
> 
> 1. I can almost never debug a threaded application. The entire computer
> goes into a locked up state where no mouse or keystrokes are processed 
> by the computer (I have heard * read of others with the same problem)
> 
> 2. The compiler doesn't always compile properly. yesterday, I removed a
> unit from a uses clause, and build all still worked, even though i had 
> plenty of references to the unit. It kept working until I restarted 
> delphi. Finally got the error messages.
> 
> 3. The memory leaks are beyond useful. Crashes all the time. Even tried
> the FastMM patch of the Borlandmm.dll to fix the memory leaks and
> stuff. 
> unfortunately all the workarounds came to the fore and it was no
> better.
> 
> 4..1000 (More of the above) I wonder what the chances of a refund are? 
> Out of the box, for doing what Delphi 7 did reasonably ok, this has 
> failed and failed. Perhaps when using the C# or the .Net it works 
> better, i don't know.
> 
> ANYONE who does not know about QC14007 in quality central should read 
> it. That one bug alone is the reason why we should all get an Update 4,
> or a refund. not D2006 (unless it is update 4).
> 
> regards
>   Kyley
> 
> 
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