From: aratel@total.net (Andre Ratel)
Subject: Re: Ada vs Delphi?
Date: 1999/08/14
Date: 1999-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37b5479b.55233526@news.total.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7os93j$fef$1@nnrp1.deja.com
On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 16:41:25 GMT, Robert Dewar
<robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
>In article <37b129ae.43419124@news.total.net>,
> aratel@total.net (Andre Ratel) wrote:
>> This is certainly one major advantage of Ada over Delphi.
>
>Note that in some respects comparing Ada to Delphi is itself
>a type error :-)
>
>Delphi is an implementation of a language, and not just a
>language, whereas Ada is a language.
>
>Yes, you can talk about the language implemented by Delphi,
>which is a dialect of Pascal, but still the use of the word
>Delphi can cause confusion.
You are right, of course. In fact, the language is Object Pascal
and Delphi is the programming environment around it.
In Delphi circles, some people tend nonetheless to say that they
are programming in Delphi instead of Pascal. It seems this has to
do with the defamation of Pascal by the C propagandists :-). For a
more elaborate explanation of this, you can read the Introduction of
Don Taylor, Jim Mischel, John Penman, and Terence Goggin
Kick Ass Delphi Programming
(Coriolis Group, 1996)
Andre
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-06 0:00 Ada vs Delphi? Andre Ratel
1999-08-06 0:00 ` William Starner
1999-08-06 0:00 ` William Starner
1999-08-07 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-06 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Paul Groves
1999-08-08 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel [this message]
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-16 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-16 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-08-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-08-09 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-08-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Scientific calculations (was Re: Ada vs Delphi? ) Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-15 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ada vs Delphi? Andre Ratel
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Andre Ratel
1999-08-11 0:00 ` Ada vs Component Pascal (was: Ada vs Delphi?) Ted Dennison
1999-08-07 0:00 ` Ada vs Delphi? Gautier
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