[DUG] Future of us Delphi programmer in New Zealand?

[John Bird]

>From what I understand the reason the compiler is so good is two-fold:

1 - The original design of Pascal by Wirth was to make a language that could 
be structured formally and be easily compiled - all the features of pascal 
are intended to make it a one-pass compiler with no preprocessing required 
(as per C).  Thats the reason for having to forward declare procedures and 
functions, andfor the order of sections in a unit.

2 - Anders Hejlsberg was a particularly good writer of compilers. 
Certainly in all the delphi years compilation speed has never been an issue.

The one all-inclusive exe advantage is the main reason I chose Delphi., and 
also the large amount of google-able samples, questions, etc.  And the 
occasional component, but I try wherever possible to make the standard VCL 
do all the song and dance I want, as it means no issues when it comes to 
upgrading to later versions  (used 3 versions of Delphi with no issues from 
upgrading).



John

> And the Delphi compiler is still a freak of nature - don't have a *lot*
> of experience here, but still don't think theres anything that comes
> close as far as being small and fast and making binaries that are as
> small and fast.
>