[DUG] iOS 64bit - Delphi vs Java

[Paul Hectors]

Hi John,

In the cases I have dealt with to date, it is simply because the organisation is used to dealing with .NET and Java applications and therefore anything else makes them uncomfortable regardless of whether it has technical merit.

In my opinion this is much more of a marketing issue then a technical issue as it is all about how Delphi is perceived in 2015.

Best regards,

Paul



-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 6:32 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] iOS 64bit - Delphi vs Java

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.


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