Re: Open Letter to the Borland C++ Developer Community

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

CBuilder Developer

Re: Open Letter to the Borland C++ Developer Community

2003-09-15 07:42:32 PM
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Russell Hind wrote:

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But then in C++, each unit is completely self contained (apart from
linker errors). I don't think this is the case is Delphi, is it (no
header files etc).
On the contrary, In C++ you must include thousands of lines of headers.

Delphi has self-contained units. Once compiled, you don't have to rebuild
them, unless you change them. Delphi handles this transparently. It even
has incremental linnking.
But in the case of porting something ot a different platform, I prefer to
rebuild the entire library.

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Still, a build in Delphi is probably quicker than a compiler unit in
C++ :)
A lot quicker.

--
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
"Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
-- the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and
happy life

Russell Hind

CBuilder Developer

2003-09-15 08:49:19 PM

Re:Re: Open Letter to the Borland C++ Developer Community

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) wrote:

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Russell Hind wrote:

>But then in C++, each unit is completely self contained (apart from
>linker errors). I don't think this is the case is Delphi, is it (no
>header files etc).

On the contrary, In C++ you must include thousands of lines of headers.
Delphi has self-contained units. Once compiled, you don't have to rebuild
them, unless you change them. Delphi handles this transparently. It even
has incremental linnking.

I meant that if you haven't built another unit, you can't do a build on

your unit that depends on the other unit, as you can in c++, can you?
Thanks
Russell

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

CBuilder Developer

2003-09-15 11:48:13 PM

Re:Re: Open Letter to the Borland C++ Developer Community

Russell Hind wrote:

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I meant that if you haven't built another unit, you can't do a build on
your unit that depends on the other unit, as you can in c++, can you?
Um, no. Actually, I think we could, if we used includes like you do.

--
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault." -- Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

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Rodolfo Frino

CBuilder Developer

2003-09-16 09:59:21 PM

Re:Re: Open Letter to the Borland C++ Developer Community

That famous quotation was once transmitted as a test through a noisy
communications channel.
It came out at the receiver side as:
"Fill that empty jar with {*word*63}, empty it on my backside, and scratch me I
am full of leeches"
-- the Duchess of Windsor, when asked why where she scratching her backside.
Rodolfo