[DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

[Leigh Wanstead]

I downloaded free Pascal and free ide and make a simple test application. It seems it just like Delphi ;-)

From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 4:27 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

apparently FreePascal does iPhone stuff now. I saw tehy released a new version withing the last week or 2, and it mentioned iPhones as being supported now.

Jeremy
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz<mailto:johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>> wrote:

> 1. Still maintaining Delphi code?
Yes

> 2. Started a new Delphi project in the last year?
Yes 2 or 3

> 3. Started a new project in another language in the last year (what was
> the language)?
No - well HTML

> 4. What other languages are you using learning?
Considering PHP or Ruby for Rails.

I want to wait and see if there is a posibility to compile Delphi for iPhone
and/or Android.   If  Embarcadero are smart enough to jump into that hugely
growing niche and it eventuates then Delphi could be a killer language
again.   Neither of those platforms are likely to see .NET anytime soon and
are likely to be the biggest development areas over the next 10 years.
Likely to start killing Windows too.

Thats a prediction, as I saw minicomputers killed by the PC in the 90's


John



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