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- From: vincer@iaccess.za (Vince Risi)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C++ with Zapp vs. Delphi
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 07:01:55 +0200
- Organization: Internet Africa public service
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- In article <4coip7$69s@news1.usa.pipeline.com>, grantp@usa.pipeline.com wrote:
-
- > Here we go again, comparing apples and oranges.
- > Delphi is a development system.
- > C++ is a language.
-
- Here I disagree Delphi is a visual programming language.
-
- > If the intent is to compare language, then the proper pairing is
- > Pascal (or Object > Pascal) vs. C++.
-
- > If discussing development systems, Delphi vs. MSVC++ might be more
- > appropriate.
-
- Not a fair comparison, perhaps Visual Basic or Powerbuilder vs Delphi
- as visual languages.
-
- > In the first case; Pascal vs. C++; C++ wins hands down.
-
- Purely subjective and definitely spurious. As languages go they
- both have strength and weaknesses.
-
- > Note that we are considering the languages with their respective
- > standard libraries. Note also, that the comparison must include
- > the whole gamut of software production, not just simple school
- > projects or GUI-only front-ends.
-
- Whats your point here?
-
- > In the second case, interpretation of "Powerful" must be established.
- > Assuming that "more powerful" means that a given amount of
- > source code or effort by the developer produces more functionality,
- > the two are actually quite close to one another. Delphi wins in the
- > speed of GUI development arena. MSVC++ wins in systems involving
- > much computation and data manipulation. Also, C++ has capabilities
- > that Delphi simply doesn't have or are difficult to implement.
-
- Specifically?
-
- > IMO, to say that one is more powerful than another is silly. I use
- > both and find superiority in certain areas of both. For GUI front
- > ends, Delphi is my favorite. However; if I had to limit myself to
- > a single development system, the only question would be "which
- > C++ system to select".
-
- Vince
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