[DUG] Delphi XE (2011)

[Alistair Ward]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alister Christie" <alister at salespartner.co.nz>
>  What do people think about the upcoming release of Rad Studio XE?
>
> I feel it's a bit of a disappointment (no OS/X, Linux or 64bit), but I'm
> still using Delphi 2007 most of the time - so I shouldn't be too critical.
>
> However the inclusion of AQTime, FinalBuilder, CodeSite and RadPHP is
> pretty cool.
>
> Opinions?....
>

Hi,

I'm also in the "underwhelmed" category at the moment.

Like Jolyon I have not been impressed with the handling of the release (so 
far), but on the other hand I think we have seen some pretty good comments 
from the likes of Allen Bauer on what has happened, and where they are 
going.

For us, there was never looking to be a lot of interest in this release 
(having zero interest in OS X or Linux), but I am pleased to see that the 
new roadmap suggests there are no *additional* delays for 64-bit support in 
Delphi, which is our biggest requirement at the moment.

As for the "included" items, well we already use AQTime and Finalbuilder, we 
had a bad experience with CodeSite a number of years ago and PHP is of no 
interest. We don't use SVN so have no interest in that, although if somebody 
uses the "new, improved" API's to build integration for the source control 
system we *do* use (SourceGear Vault) we might look a bit more closely :-)

I have also seen some comments about improvements to generics, which could 
be of interest. So far every time I've looked at them I've hit immediate 
show stoppers - maybe they will work sufficiently this time around.

Cheers,
Alistair Ward.