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Linear Algebra library by Winsoft

Introduction Linear Algebra library supports Windows 32 and Windows 64. It uses OpenBLAS optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) and LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) libraries. Installation instructions can be seen in the video below. 2. Components in the Demo and what they do The Demo contains TMemo component for the Result, converted in Text and one TButton…
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Optical Character Recognition using Winsoft's component

Introduction OCR (Optical Character recognition) is a VCL type component (Windows platform only). Its main purpose is to decode text from a picture into plain text. Take a look at the video below to get the installation instructions. 2. Components in the Demo and what they do There are two main panels – one on the left and one on the right witch keep all the other visual…
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Using a .NET Assembly via COM in Delphi

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…
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Benchmarking Memory Managers BigBrain 2020 vs. FastMM5

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 comprehensive blog post by the creator of BigBrain 2020 which compares performance between BigBrain 2020 and FastMM5 (and TC…
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The Origins Of Delphi R&D Recounted By Danny Thorpe, Original Delphi 1 Team Member

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 somewhat foggy) recollection, research / experimentation that directly contributed to defining the Delphi visual development…
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