In a message dated 02 May 96, Peter Lavender of 3:635/309 wrote:

 GC>> Benefits over VB include:

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

 GC>> It is definitely my language of choice :-]

 PL> I'm yet to learn OOP technics.  So if I go Delphi I don't
really need
 PL> tp7 anymore?

TP/BP is still the Best DOS Compiler (IMHO) around and so still comes in handy
at times.

 PL> Also does Delphi still support win 3.1?  I'm not about to upgrade to
 PL> win95..

Delphi 1.0 makes Win 3.1x executables. Delphi 2.0 makes Win 95/NT Executables.
But currently, Delphi 2.0 comes with Delphi 1.0 on the same CD hence
covering both platforms.

As a professional programmer, I would recommend you considering Win95 (or
NT). Sure its wonderful for developing 32-bit Apps, but even developing
16-bit apps in an environment that is more tolerant on memory and resources
is great. I'm not saying that Win95/NT are perfect - they have heaps of
problems - it's just from a programming point of view - they have far less
problems than Win 3.1x


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

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