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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I went to the Auckland one, and had been hoping to
make it to Christchurch too as I had also business to do there this week.
Alas detained by a cars fuel pump giving out in Auckland.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Was really hoping to put faces to some of the
Christchurch Delphi names. (And hey I am also looking for extra
work!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is there any user group meetings/other meetings in
Chch coming up?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I also really appreciated
the event, and look forwards to more:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-It looks like Embarcaero are on a good track with
the number of programmers working on Delphi (doubled from Borland/Codegear days
- although I don't know how many of them are experienced
ex Borland/Codegear programmers )</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-The VCLX project for native compiling for Apple
and Linux has got to be one of the best things out there in software
land. Speaking as a programmer who likes sticking to the standard VCL and
getting the most mileage out of it (for reasons of cost, ease of upgrade,
and using the free XP/Vista themes rather than fancy components), I am excited
about the possibility of being able to port programs for linux and OSX.
And down the track iPhone and Android, which are the logical extensions of those
and have to be the great areas of growth in coming years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-A lot of what is in Delpi 2010 is very logical
refinement. Looks worth buting for the F6 IDE insight alone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-I quizzed Malcolm on whether something like the
Turbo/free/cheap versions might return for students and non-commercial
development. He said they are seriously thinking about how to do it
as a PR for Delphi - theres the balance of making it full featured but
still cannot do real commercial software that they are debating
still.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(Thinks) I see Microsoft is starting to think
of 128 bit development for Windows 8 and 9. In Delphi land is there
likely to be an extension to int64, as there are some integer numbers I could
use that are larger (its around 18 digits decimal). Time for
int128?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>