This is mostly a reprise of an article I wrote back in 2004, but that I still refer people to. That linked version may eventually go away. I have not tested any of this recently, but will update based on feedback, and revisit as necessary. I found a recent utility that may be useful in this process: NirSoft DLL Export Viewer
Abstract: Using .NET Assemblies as COM objects in Win32 programs is…
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…
Double Performance In Some Scenarios With Custom FastMM4-AVX Memory Manager
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…
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 compiling in Delphi 6 to compiling in Delphi 10.4. The three options are:
TurboPack TSynEdit –…
The Origins Of Delphi R&D Recounted By Danny Thorpe, Original Delphi 1 Team Member
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…
Pascal Analyzer, orPALfor short, is a utility program that analyzes, documents, debugs, and helps you optimize your source code.
Pascal Analyzer makes a static code analysis. It only needs the source code, unlike other similar tools that perform an analysis of…
