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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brillian!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stefan Mueller<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 17 January 2012 2:56 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br><b>Subject:</b> [DUG] The Sons of Khan and the Pascal Spring<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Just found it on “The Register” today and thought it makes for an amusing (but a bit longwinded) read:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/verity_stob_sons_of_khan_2011/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/verity_stob_sons_of_khan_2011/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The woes of Techdom<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it came to pass that the seasons rose and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fell</span></em>, and financial crisis<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>waned</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>while new financial crisis<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>waxed</span></em>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimjongilia" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD0000'>Kimjongilia</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>flower did wither and fade on the vine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But misfortune struck the code cutters of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Java</span></em>, who were still on their never-ending<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>pilgrimage</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to the land of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lambda</span></em>, whence other pilgrims had long since been and gone and shrunk the T-shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And they awakened one morning to discover that they no longer worshipped the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sun</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>god, but now did owe their allegiance<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>unto</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the Mighty Beard.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/25/doug_lea_oracle_jcp_stuffing/"><span style='color:#DD0000'>Bummer</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But the Sharpers of Dotnet were<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>also</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>troubled, especially the cult of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/10/microsoft_killing_silverlight_rumours/"><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DD0000;text-decoration:none'>Silver</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#DD0000;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#DD0000'>Light</span></a>. And they looked fearfully<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>upon</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the antics of the high priest of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Softies</span></em>, saying: What the blazes doth<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fester</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>think he playeth at?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>However, the Sharpers were<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>laughing</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>compared with the fate of the tribe of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Flashinites</span></em>. For the departed god<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>had cursed them with a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD0000'>great curse</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And He had stationed a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cherubim</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>with a flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>store</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>apps</span></em>, and banished them from the sweet money orchards of Cupertino.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wherefore the king of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Flashinites</span></em>, that is called<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adobe</span></em>, did consider hard and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>long</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yeah, he considered for longer than it taketh a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dellish</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>machine to reboot with yet another Acrobat<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>upgrade</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Then, when he had<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>finished</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>thinking, Adobe did<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ungird</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>his loins. And he did conceal the sword of resistance into the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>scabbard</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/29/flash_rise_and_fall/"><span style='color:#DD0000'>abrupt capitulation</span></a>, and the shield of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>technical</span></em>leadership into the cupboard-under-the-stairs of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>user</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>base abandonment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yet even the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Æsthetes</span></em>, that art the disciples<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>which</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>loveth the Jesus phone the most, were discontent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wherefore the language of the Æsthetes was<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Æbjective</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>C.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And this Æbjective C is about as<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://faler.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/cocoa-objective-c-the-good-the-bad-and-the-extremely-ugly/" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DD0000;text-decoration:none'>æsthetic</span></em></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>as the secret mouldy side of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>last</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>orange in the bowl, that one<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>discovereth</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>abruptly when one taketh it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yet the Æsthetes<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>admitted</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>this not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And so it went on, among all the tribes and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cults</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and sects in the land of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>developers</span></em>, there flourished the stinking weed of discontent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And every geek that<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>micturateth</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>against the wall was baffled and afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;page-break-after:avoid;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Opportunity knocketh<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And in those times the elders of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>tribe</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of the Sons of Kahn did<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>live</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>in the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://edn.embarcadero.com/"><span style='color:#DD0000'>discotheque</span></a> of Embarcadearohdearohdearyme. And they looked out upon this<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>chaos</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And they saw that it<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>was</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For one elder<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>spake</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>up in this manner: if we<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>punt</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>out a decent version of Delphi now, we could be<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>onto</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>a fantastic hearts-and-minds win, and we will<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>enjoy</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the Second Coming of Pascal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For all we need do is make it more<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>modern</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>than Java, and more 'native'-allowing-the-inference-but-certainly-not-<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>actually</span></em>-stating-faster than C#, and more<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Apple</span></em>-friendly than Flash, and less<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>hideous</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>than Æbjective C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And targetting<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>not only</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>on both 32- and 64-bit Windows,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>but also</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Mac OS and iOS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So the blessed users of Delphi may<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>loll</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>around in the sweet money orchards of<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cupertino</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And little<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>children</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>shall once more dangle their<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>elses</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>in the limpid brook, and weave repeat/until loops from<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>honeysuckle</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>blossoms, and even declare<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>local</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>scourge</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>curlybracket</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>shall be driven back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And when the Sons of Kahn heard this, they<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cried</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>out, saying:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><s>Yeah</s><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Yay! The Second Coming!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Release of XE2<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Then they set<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>their</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>backs to it, and did<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>toil</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And they toiled, and toiled, and toiled and toiled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But where the toil was<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>too</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>much, they bought in stuff from Europe and Russia, and stuck that in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it came to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>pass</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>that they brought forth a new Delphi, which was called<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>XE2</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it supported not only Win32 but also Win64, natively and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>without</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>runtime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>supported</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>also Mac OS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it kind-of supported iOS, although this part involved invoking the FreePascal for ARM compiler running on Mac OS, and was perhaps not the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/FireMonkey_Platform_Prerequisites" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD0000'>cleanest-ever tool chain</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(But, on the other hand, what art thou going to use instead? C# and Mono? PHP and JavaScript?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the new Delphi had also many other new features, like the FireMonkey framework, and new database stuff, and fancy graphics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And some of it was finished.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the Sons of Kahn looked upon the new Delphi. And they were pretty bullish about their prospects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Arrival of the users of Delphi<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Then one day a great<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>noise</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>was heard in the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>valley</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of the Scots.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the Sons of Kahn became excited, for they said: It is here. It is the Second Coming of Pascal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And soon two<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>grizzled</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>columns of users of Delphi came<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>marching</span></em>down into the valley, one<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>from</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the one side, and one from the other. And as they marched, their<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>grey</span></em>nose-hair did<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>twinkle</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>splendidly in the sunshine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>great</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>was the noise was their singing. For column of the north did<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sing</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>a loud song:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FreeAndNil! FreeAndNil!</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FreeAndNil will make you ill.</span></em></span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the column of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>south</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>also did sing a loud song:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FreeAndNil! FreeAndNil!</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FreeAndNil's still a brill thrill.</span></em></span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>great</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>schism had rent in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>twain</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the tribe of users of Delphi. And it concerned the</span><code><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>FreeAndNil()</span></code><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>system call, as you had<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>perhaps</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>gathered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>this</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>argument was even fiercer than the one about<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>whether</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Scotland should remain<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>part</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of England, or whether it is sensible to drop<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>bone</span></em>-handled knives in the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>washing</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And it was the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>great</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>intellectual debate of the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(It is not<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fit</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>that this strictly<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>neutral</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>historical record to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>opine</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>which side was correct. However posts<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer/2010/02/16/38916" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD0000'>like</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.nickhodges.com/post/More-on-FreeAndNil.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD0000'>these</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>surely</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>sufficeth to convince that the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>anti</span></em>-FreeAndNil faction is as mad as a box of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>frogs</span></em>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Then the Sons of Khan<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>spake</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>unto the users of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Delphi</span></em>, saying: Behold! We have made a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>new</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>version! It doth 64-bit and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Apple</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and fancy graphics and everything you desired, according to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>annual</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>user survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>some</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of the users of Delphi<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>replied</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>unto them, saying: Why? Hath FreeAndNil been<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>marked</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>'deprecated', then?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And other<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>users</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of Delphi piped up, saying: Nice try,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>wiseacres</span></em>. Why don't you go away and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>write</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>one of those perfect programs that we hear so much about? And is it also<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>true</span></em>that the farts of your<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>bottoms</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>smell like loganberries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereupon the two factions went<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>it, hammer and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sickle</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Apascalypse Delayed<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And sophisticated<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>discussion</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>continued in this manner for<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>forty</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>days and nights, at least.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yet nobody took<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>much</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>notice of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>white</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>papers of the Sons of Khan advocating the<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>many</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>XE2 improvements since Delphi 7, nor yet the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/ICsmEI7IYUI" target="_top"><span style='color:#DD0000'>YouTube demonstrations</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereupon the Sons of Kahn were a bit perplexed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And one spake<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>unto</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>another, saying: if this is the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Second</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Coming, then it is not quite as I<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>had</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>imagined it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the other replied, saying: Never mind. I am<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>confident</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>they will all grow up, and making great apps, and teach the children the art of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pascal</span></em>, and dangling<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>honeysuckle</span></em>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>whatnot</span></em>, and all will be well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And the great<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>prophet</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>M'andee-rice Davies looked up from<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>her</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>knitting, and she did wink. ®<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,<br>Stefan</span><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>