In a message dated 26 Apr 96, Peter Lavender of 3:635/309 wrote:

 GC>> Delphi is the Next Generation of Pascal Programming from BP/TP/TPW -
 GC>> Visual Development Environment together with Object Pascal (really a
 GC>> BP8). Can let you know more if your interested...

 PL> I'm very interested.. I saw Vis. Basic and Delphi in the shop the other
 PL> day and I'm not sure which one to go for..

In many ways yes, but a whole lot more - if you consider how superior TP/BP is
to standard Pascal - then you have an idea how much better Delphi is to VB :-]

Benefits over VB include:

    Standalone Exes (NO DLL required)
    Full API Access - go as low as you like
    Object Pascal (sort of a BP8) as your language
    Able to create DLLs (and OCXs in Delphi 2)

It is definitely my language of choice :-]


     -Glenn Crouch
      Sysop, Algorithms Anonymous (090) 93-3145 (Australia)
      3:690/643.3
      esbglenn{at}acslink.net.au

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