[DUG] iOS 64bit - Delphi vs Java

[John Bird]

Old yes, well C is older, C++ is about as old,  Java is about as old (1996 
for V1).  So there is a rational debate to be had about age.

Security risk ?

I would have thought off the top of my head that Delphi does not carry too 
many obvious security risks:
- Relatively few DLL problems as it generally packages everything in the EXE
- Relatively immune to buffer overflows if not allocating memory manually or 
using C-type strings (PChar).
- Can one really make a case that Delphi is less secure than  Java?

There are occasional bugs to watch out for eg

http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/delphi-and-c-builder-vcl-library-buffer-overflow

Maybe the corporates mean security risk of an ageing programmer suddenly 
feeling the need to retire from whatever cause.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Hectors
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:38 PM
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] iOS 64bit

+1

My recent experience is that corporates do not like it when you inform them 
that your application is written in Delphi, it is perceived as old and a 
security risk. It would be nice if there was a white paper or some material 
to reassure them.