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Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
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Re: Borland has broken it's promises once again2005-11-25 02:44:22 AM cppbuilder99 David Erbas-White wrote: Quote
to be done. The original surveys were about whether to do a C++ RAD tool first or a Pascal based one. QuoteIn my mind, if Borland had come out with the most 'ANSI compliant' up your claim. BCB1 compiler was more compliant than the VC++ compiler at the time. It wasn't until VS 2003 that VC++ became the more complaint compiler. QuoteIt would have been far easier for C++ base (which is why there are still people out there using BC++ 5.02 and OWL). And yes BC++ still has sales every quarter at Borland. There is no indication at all that the language the framework is written in has had a significant impact on BCB sales at all. QuoteIt astonishes me that these problems are now being 'blamed' on the researched again for CBX on exactly this. Whether a C++ VCL would improve the C++ revenue stream. The reality was that it wasn't going to. Funny that the few who have clamored for a C++ VCL over the years ignore the fact that they would lose 100% of the Delphi component market which is what make the VCL so enticing in the first place. A C++ based VCL would not be able to work with Delphi based components. These reasons have been gone into in the past and I don't intend to discuss that again, use google for reasons why you can not do things like descending from a Delphi component in C++ and then descending from the C++ back in Delphi doesn't work. The BCB market is way too small for DevExpress to write a C++ equivalent of their components and now maintain two different code base. They have the same resource problems (not enough revenue to justify the expenses) that Borland has. So who wants to lose all ability to use DevExpress, ReportBuilder, Rave, InfoPower, Orpheous, JEDI VCL and every other 3rd party Delphi based VCL Components (100's of thousands of these) in exchange for a C++ VCL? -- Jeff Overcash (TeamB) (Please do not email me directly unless asked. Thank You) Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. (R Bach) |