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- From: lisch@tempest-sw.com (Ray Lischner)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc
- Subject: Re: C++ with Zapp vs. Delphi
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 21:34:20 GMT
- Organization: Tempest Software, Corvallis, Oregon
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- On 4 Jan 1996 05:33:28 GMT, root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian)
- wrote:
-
- >I have read many postings comparing C++ to Delphi, but this seems like
- >an unfair comparison.
- >
- >Delphi has so many useful classes that even with C++ and OWL or MFC,
- >programming in Delphi is far easier and quicker.
- >
- >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?
-
- One major difference is that Zapp is a highly portable product, with
- source-level portability across most UNIX systems, MS-Windows, and
- OS/2. If you need portability, Delphi is completely out of the
- picture.
-
- Because Zapp is highly portable, it sacrifices native look-and-feel
- for portability. It is a useful solution where you need to port your
- application quickly and easily between systems like Motif and
- MS-Windows, and where neither platform requires a program that feels
- like a native application. I would never, for example, write a
- shrink-wrap word processor using Zapp. The resulting program would not
- feel right to a Windows user or an OS/2 user. The amount of work
- required to achieve a truly comfortable look and feel would negate any
- benefits from using a portability framework.
-
- By the way, Zapp runs about $1000 for Windows and that does not
- include any database connectivity. You must add to that the cost of
- the C++ compiler, too.
-
- --
- Ray Lischner (lisch@tempest-sw.com)
- Tempest Software, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
-