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<DIV>I have been involved in migrating a BDE application from Delphi 5 to XE5,
and it still uses the BDE. No problem. Not abandoned – so what
is your point? The reasons they still use the BDE are</DIV>
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<DIV>1 – No work to do other than figure out installing it on Windows 7
etc</DIV>
<DIV>2 – The BDE despite being a nuisance to install on workstations actually
offers some real nice functionality – the update queries with GUI selectable
fields that are candidates for being updated with ApplyUpdates is very nice to
use. Alternatives meant enough recoding that they decided not to
bother.</DIV>
<DIV>3 – That it still works after 15 years where other technologies have come
and gone is neat.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I found an interesting user survey on Delphi vs
C#.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://vschart.com/compare/delphi-programming-language/vs/c-sharp
style='href: "http://vschart.com/compare/delphi-programming-language/vs/c-sharp"'
href="http://vschart.com/compare/delphi-programming-language/vs/c-sharp">http://vschart.com/compare/delphi-programming-language/vs/c-sharp</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>C# scored more real good things (eg free versions
for commercial use, documentation, HTML, Community, Jobs)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>But the most interesting ones to me
were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Preference – Delphi scored 59% to C#
41%,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Delphi works out of the box 65% to C#
35%</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Surprises or dubious areas are – C# rated well
for iOS/Android development (is this so??) and better for performance than
Delphi (really?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>C# rated poorly for JVM support.
Surprise surprise!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jsmith@deltics.co.nz
href="mailto:jsmith@deltics.co.nz">Jolyon Smith</A> </DIV>
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BDE didn't evolve. It was replaced and abandoned and applications relying
on it then experienced difficulties arising from changes in the operating
environment.<BR><BR>It may not be possible to avoid this entirely. But you
can hope to reduce the risk by ensuring that your applications employ technology
that is an integral part of your operating environment, rather than relying on
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