Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #85
23 Sep
- The tenth spot and four green up arrows — that has to be good, right?
- Holger has a good update on what is going on with EKON 12.
- Dr. Bob is on top of all the great articles, blogs, examples, etc., out there on Delphi 2009. And he also has a Delphi 2009 version of his Delphi Essentials course.
- I am going to be speaking at the Software Developer Network Conference in the Netherlands on 6-7 October. I’d love to see you there. We’ll be looking at Delphi 2009, and some futures stuff as well.
Xepol said:
Except for getting it taught in post-secondary, I’m fresh outa ideas myself.
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Not a bad idea, after all… I learned Turbo Pascal on the end of secondary grade (equivalent of High School on US)…
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 amHow about to lead the pack instead of following the leader?
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 amReal innovation goes a long way, especially is it is revolutionary. Following C#/.Net path is a loosing proposition - besides, there is nothing innovative about those two.
How about concentrating on delivering the best possible tool money can buy?
Why is it that we don’t have support for 64 bits? Multi-core CPUs? Cross platform? (and many more) Why? Aren’t we expecting our tool provider to be on the leading edge of innovation?
I am!
Fabricio said:
Not a bad idea, after all… I learned Turbo Pascal on the end of secondary grade (equivalent of High School on US)…
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And how only that is going to make or break Delphi if the corporate decision makers have an aversion to the product?
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 amLet’s use Microsoft’s tools! They make the OS, so their tools must be the best ones for their OS….
Make the best tool and market share will - with time - rise. And I completely agree with Alan. Be on the cutting edge (cross-platform-support again pls)
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pmAn important thing to bear in mind with TIOBE is how the metrics are (aiui) gathered - internet search engine hit counts.
Essentially it is based on the volume of references made to languages in/on web sites and web pages.
Scripting is so prevalent in this space (the web/internet) as well as others (MS Office automation etc etc) that it isn’t really any surprise that scripting languages dominate the chart.
That’s not a criticism of TIOBE - it’s a useful reference but imho for trends, not comparison with other languages.
I am reminded of a quote usually used in relation to the news media that has a certain resonance in the software development field…
"Consider the source".
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:24 pmJolyon –
I agree — I merely pointed out what I believe to be true: Green and up arrows is good.
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 pmNick,
Bob S. does a great job, but with all the major improvement the Delphi / Object Pascal language has gone through since Delphi 7, I’d like to understand why Codegear still didn’t produce a Delphi 2009 updated "Language Guide" reference manual, as a PDF and as a Lulu book.
It looks like Delphi / Oject Pascal is the only case I know of a language that’s orphan of an official reference manual…
September 24th, 2008 at 12:05 amfilofel, I kept my Dephi 3 reference book…
September 25th, 2008 at 6:27 amCarlos,
I did’t mention that I did keep and use my Delphi 7 (and previous) reference book(s) either.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:53 amBut if your Delphi 3 reference guide tells you much about all the new important features that were added in the last two or three releases of Delphi, you should be teaching at Hogwarts!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts