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Dev-C++ Modernized With Powerful New FastMM5 Memory Manager For Delphi

October 16, 2020

Embarcadero Dev-C++ is an open source C/C++ IDE project built in Delphi. Dev-C++ has been downloaded over 67 MILLON times since 2000 and a modernization effort was sponsored by Embarcadero to bring it up to the latest version of Delphi. The original version by Bloodshed software was originally built in Delphi 6 and then probably upgraded to Delphi 7. A newer unofficial fork called Orwell Dev-C++…

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Retro Dive Into Thieves Guild Source Code Hot Off A 3.5 Floppy Disk

By Eli M. (MVP)

September 20, 2020

Near the end of the last century, when the Internet was young, BBS were everywhere, and Atari STs were hot, two developers (Paul Witte and Herb Flower) built a game called Thieves’ Guild. Thieves’ Guild was (is?) a multiplayer strategy game for BBS systems.

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Benchmarking Memory Managers BigBrain 2020 vs. FastMM5

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 28, 2020

Looking to upgrade the memory manager in Embarcadero Dev C++ I investigated a number of memory manages including FastMM4-AVX. The second memory manager I looked at is called BigBrain 2020 and it looks to have significant performance improvements in some areas. There is a…

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Double Performance In Some Scenarios With Custom FastMM4-AVX Memory Manager

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 26, 2020

While looking into upgrading the FastMM4 version in Embarcadero Dev-C++ I ran across a fork of FastMM4 called FastMM4-AVX. It uses special instruction sets to achieve better results than the original FastMM4. Developer maximmasiutin has added a number of enhancements to the…

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Syntax Highlighting Editors In Delphi & C++Builder On Windows

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 20, 2020

A popular syntax highlighting editor for Delphi is called TSynEdit. This post is mainly focused on the various forks of TSynEdit and which one you might want to use in your own projects. The Dev C++ project uses TSynEdit which needed to be upgraded when it was lifted from…

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The Origins Of Delphi R&D Recounted By Danny Thorpe, Original Delphi 1 Team Member

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 20, 2020

I ran across this post over on StackExchange where Danny Thorpe, one of the original Delphi 1 team members, recounts the effort that went into the research and development behind the creation of Delphi 1. Enjoy! “Delphi 1.0 was released Feb 14, 1995. By my (now…

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Rapidly Upgrade Legacy Solutions With This RAD Server Comprehensive Quick Start Guide

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 9, 2020

RAD Server is a turn-key application foundation for rapidly building and deploying services based applications. RAD Server enables developers to quickly build new application back-ends or migrate existing Delphi or C++ client/server business logic to a modern services based…

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Quickly And Easily Mirror Device Screens With DesktopCast Delphi Sample App

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 6, 2020

DesktopCast is a sample application with a client-server architecture where a client application can connect to a server application and receive a screenshot taken by the server application once or every 5 seconds using app tethering. The server application is…

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8 Delphi Success Stories Across Windows And Mobile

By Eli M. (MVP)

August 4, 2020

ArtGen Applications created with Delphi/Pascal are primarily used in the fields of science and technology as well as in business. The development environment is seldom used to create art. With ArtGen, programmer and artist Volker Diefenbach has managed to create a…

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Offline Capable Cross Platform Delphi 10.2 FireMonkey Client Code For Android, iOS, macOS, And Windows

By Eli M. (MVP)

September 5, 2018

The RAD Server Field Service Template provides an end to end field service application template for routing appointments, managing parts, and user administration. It is made up of a REST server module, a desktop client, and a cross platform mobile client. The template can…

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Dev-C++ Modernized With Powerful New FastMM5 Memory Manager For Delphi

Retro Dive Into Thieves Guild Source Code Hot Off A 3.5 Floppy Disk

Benchmarking Memory Managers BigBrain 2020 vs. FastMM5

Double Performance In Some Scenarios With Custom FastMM4-AVX Memory Manager

Syntax Highlighting Editors In Delphi & C++Builder On Windows

The Origins Of Delphi R&D Recounted By Danny Thorpe, Original Delphi 1 Team Member

Rapidly Upgrade Legacy Solutions With This RAD Server Comprehensive Quick Start Guide

Quickly And Easily Mirror Device Screens With DesktopCast Delphi Sample App

8 Delphi Success Stories Across Windows And Mobile

Offline Capable Cross Platform Delphi 10.2 FireMonkey Client Code For Android, iOS, macOS, And Windows

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