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- From: Infor-d@individual.puug.pt (Pedro Esteves Pinto)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: C++ with Zapp vs. Delphi
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 13:35:51 GMT
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- In article <rq+8w0JfFC7A089yn@oslonett.no>, mobergru@oslonett.no (Rune Moberg) says:
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- >
- >As for language features, Delphi lacks: Multiple Inheritance and Overloading.
- >In return, it provides a neater language which is more maintainable and
- >allows for faster development (RAD).
- >
-
- Having used a mix of C++ and Delphi in a recent project I would say that
- problably Delphi is better for anything that envolves interaction with
- the Windows (yuck) API. But C++ still has some essential (for me) stuff.
- For one, portability. You can find C++ anywhere from Unix to Mac and PC.
- For the other code. There are tons of C++/C code you can use for free.
- Altough Delphi already has some nice programmers out there doing good stuff
- and sharing it its still mainly GUI stuff. I don't know how easy it would
- be to find numerical analysis libs or parsing engines generators. Also C++ has STL
- (Standard Template Library) which is IMHO one of the best reasons to stick
- whit it. Templates are pretty cool and I don't think Delphi supports that.
-
- I found the mixed model (C++ for the backbone of the app and Delphi for
- the interface) very effective. Sometimes its a bit tricky to debug and
- you have to be carefull about the datatypes that get exchanged between
- C++ and Delphi but still ...
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- Pedro
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