[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Sean Cross]

> Would love to hear from those who have used both C# and Delphi their 
> opinions on whether C# is Delphi done right or become bloated complex and 
> MS-only.  I hear lots of nice comments about C#, and observe that many 
> programmers who disappear  into that cave are never seen outside alive 
> again...
>
> John

I used C# for 3 year, came back to Delphi and am now going back to c#.

C# is more like Java done right (primarily by adding delphisms :) ) than Delphi done right.

The main drawback for me (and why I still use Delphi for some applications) are the size of the runtime and the lack of native code compilation.  Neither of these are a problem is some applications (e.g. web design) so I am moving to C# for those.

Some things in C# are much better than Delphi.  E.g. garbage collection (dons flameproof armour), Linq, reflection (less so now), tooling (coderush sob), the libraries, linq ...

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Sean Cross
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