[DUG] Embarcadero article

[Jolyon Smith]

My recollection from DelphiLive! (San Jose) is that Project-X is
specifically targeting Mac and Linux support, and not involving Windows per
se (except in so far as the 64-bit support will also depend on the
re-architected compiler).

i.e. re-architecting the compiler impacts on/delivers into ALL of the
projects to support Mac/Linux/Win32/Win64/etc??!, but "Project X" is about
building a VCL framework (or equivalent) for Mac and Linux GUI apps.

I could be wrong, but that was the impression I took away from the event.


My own personal hope is that it will involve separate implementations for
Mac (Cocoa?) and some other GUI framework for Linux.

That is, not 3 entirely distinct and separate VCL's, but 3 distinct visual
control frameworks, building on a single-source shared foundation.

Imagine having Cocoa/GDE/X-Windows GUI toolkits ALL supported by
TActionList's and a cross platform gesture recognition engine, etc etc


The worst *possible* idea, imho, would be to try and create a
One-Size-Fits-All VCL for Mac/Linux/Windows.


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