Archive for the 'Delphi' Category

D doesn’t have real closures

Delegates are something that gives me mixed feelings. While I used to embrace them in Delphi and Object Pascal, I now find them difficult to get used to in C#. I guess that is because they introduce a little of the functional programming paradigm into an otherwise object oriented environment.
Don’t get me wrong, I do [...]

September 11th, 2007 | Posted in C#, D Programming Language, Delphi, java, programming | 15 Comments

Rest In Peace Delphi

It’s not without sadness I see that what used to be my favorite language has taken a big dive in popularity recent years. Now Borland Delphi is only the 14th most popular programming language according to TIOBE Programming Community Index as per august 2007. That is five ranks lower than one year ago, and far [...]

September 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Delphi, programming, software development, tools | 15 Comments