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My understanding is that both Android and iPhone are being actively
experimented with as targets for the compiler. We'll probably hear
more once we have OS/X, Win64 and Linux support, which I suspect
that it would be at last 2 years away<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
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On 29/11/2010 1:40 p.m., David Brennan wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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73, 125);">I think Jolyon is right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">The difference between a proof of concept (which
is basically what the guy has now) and a robust tool which
handles the majority of Delphi features and libraries is
enormous. Several orders of magnitude sounds about right to
me (meaning 100-1000 times more difficult, or even more).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">I agree with the general principle though that
being able to build for Android (and/or iPhone and others)
would be great. However I think the only way it could really
be done in a decent way is by Embarcadero continuing to
extend the back end compiler to support more and more target
platforms. They have made a few references in recent times
which suggest they hope to do this but only time will tell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">David.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz">delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz">mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy
Coulter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 29 November 2010 1:23 p.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] Company closing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">you should
download it and make it do more then :-)<br>
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jeremy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Jolyon
Smith <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jsmith@deltics.co.nz">jsmith@deltics.co.nz</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is it a compiler? Technically I mean -
I'd call it a translator. :)<br>
<br>
I wonder how far it can go though, beyond the simple
examples I mean.<br>
<br>
Translating a push button and a call to ShowMessage() is one
thing. Being<br>
able to translate a complex application with all the
libraries that Android<br>
must support strikes me as a number of orders of magnitude
more complex.<o:p></o:p></p>
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[mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Behalf Of
Alister Christie<br>
Sent: Monday, 29 November 2010 12:39<br>
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
Subject: Re: [DUG] Company closing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interestingly the compiler is written
in C#<br>
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Alister Christie<br>
Computers for People<br>
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On 29/11/2010 12:08 p.m., John Bird wrote:<br>
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?<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">http://lenniedevilliers.blogspot.com/2010/09/delphi-for-android-sneak-previ<br>
ew.html</a><br>
><br>
> Just checked out the DelphiDroid - not sure what
state its at but simple<br>
> examples are at least working - see a sneak peek
video at the above<br>
address.<br>
> Says been tested with "Delphi 6.0, 7.0, 2005, 2006
and 2010."<br>
><br>
> This is exactly the sort of tools we need - why
does Embarcadero not jump<br>
> onto this asap???<br>
><br>
><br>
> John<br>
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