: But Delphi is not just a visual programming language. It is
: quite possible to write an app or dll in Delphi that makes
: no use of visual controls and forms - or even nothing from it's
: VCL class library. You can certainly use it to write a payroll
: app or a switching system.
You can use Delphi to write such thing, but you are not writing such
apps in Delphi: you are writing them in Object Pascal.
: Delphi is essentially Borland Pascal v. 8 or Object Pascal.
: Saying that you can't write a payroll app or a switching system
: with Delphi is just like saying you can't write such apps with
: Pascal or with C.
Nope. The original poster was making a distinction between Delphi which is an IDE and Object Pascal which is a lnaguage. i maintained that distinction.
You can write such apps in Object pascal, but you cannot write such an
application in Delphi since they involve no GUI elements.
: Delphi is in a completly different class than Powerbuilder/SQL Windows/VB
: though it also delivers a visual programmming envvironment when
: you need it.
Delphi is an IDE.
Delphi ( along with the others above ) is not a visual programming
enviroment. It does not meet the requirements. If you are interested in visual
programming there is a group on it. I belive they are called
comp.visual-programming, but I'm not totally sure since I don't follow
it. Primarilly because it is still a highly acadenic subject.
