[DUG] Learning Delphi adn Lazarus opinions

[Benjamin Cooney]

Phil Scadden wrote:
>>> Also what do people think of the FPC and Lazarus setup? My main desktop
>>> machine at home is a dual boot Linux/windows machine but I really prefer
>>> to use Linux and I understand that the Kylix ide is no longer being
>>> supported/developed. Is the Lazarus and FPC combo simular enough to real
>>> delphi to allow me to build up some skills that can be crossed between
>>> or would you really recommend starting with a proper borland  delphi???
>>>
>
> Hmm. Lazarus is long long way from Delphi 2006. I would be rather
> hesitant about starting with Lazarus because of the potential frustration in
> wherther you are dealing a Lazarus "feature" or your own bug. On other
> hand, if you want your programs to run on Linux, then it probably best
> to go at moment. There unfortunately a whole of lot of useful mechanisms that
> use Delphi design-time interfaces that are very difficult to port to Lazarus.
> OTOH  FPC compiles the actual code pretty well.
>
> Think further down track too. If you are just learning the language for fun, then
> go for it. If you have some particular projects in mind, then you might want
> look what component sets such a project would use and whether these
> are available to Lazarus or easy to port.
>
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Thanks Alister and Phil

I Believe I have a good understanding of where to go from here. I am
wanting to learn Delphi partly for fun but mostly because I have
recently got a job for a company who's products are made in Delphi. My
job is as a Tester so at the moment Delphi is not a requirement but I'm
sure it will help or at least it can hardly hurt any.

I think judging by Phil's comments that for now I will disregard Lazarus
and stick to learning with proper Delphi. I'm a keen linuxer so maybe
I'll come back to it later.

Cheers heaps,
Ben.



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