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- From: dent@highway1.com.au (Andy Dent)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc
- Subject: Re: C++ with Zapp vs. Delphi
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:17:09 +0800
- Organization: A.D. Software
- Message-ID: <dent-1301960417090001@adsoftware.highway1.com.au>
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- In article <4cfor8$qno@picasso.op.net>, root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce
- Momjian) wrote:
-
- >What I am considering is Zapp with C++. It has a screen painter (Zapp
- >Factory), and a full-featured class library.
- >
- >To me, it looks like you can use Zapp and write your code in C++, or use
- >Delphi and write in Pascal.
- >
- >Pascal is simpler, but C++ is more powerful/flexible.
- >
- >Is this a fair comparison?
-
- Similar tools, yes. I'm not sure if they're directly comparable. I've been
- following Delphi discussions with interest. The Delphi environment is a
- single environment compared to zApp Factory with a compiler and Delphi has
- database integration whereas zApp requires you to use 3rd party products.
-
- We're doing something similar with the Mac-based AppMaker product. For
- example, with AppMaker, the PowerPlant framework and our OOFILE product
- you can generate a complete database product directly from the screen and
- menu drawing mode. However, we've got a bit of catching up to do as far as
- the full spectrum of Delphi-like controls!
-
- What does Delphi do for report-writing and graphing? Again this is an area
- where c++ requires you use 3rd party tools.
-
- Andy Dent, Product Architect, A.D. Software, Western Australia
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