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To: Kashish King who wrote (7145)	11/5/1997 11:47:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

I have to believe that Visual Basic and Delphi preclude them from doing anything other than making life difficult for C++ developers. Hell, here we go again!!! I HATE Pascal. My one minor project in Delphi is a total bore to work on. That said, Delphi has proven to be one hell of a good language. I think the marketplace has made that clear. Delphi has been a success, by any measure, in a market that was laughing out loud when it was first introduced. I am seriously considering doing it myself having come to the shocking conclusion that for all their millions and billions, Borland, Microsoft and others have no concept of how to put together such a system. Great. Good idea. I'm convinced you have more language development expertise than MSFT & BORL combined. Of course, why would you? As we all know, the language of choice for the rest of our lives is already here.

To: Kashish King who wrote (7145)	11/6/1997 7:13:00 AM
From: david thor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

<There's no reason why a completely interactive GUI builder for C++ could not be simply constructed on top of MFC and it's no surprise why that hasn't been done.> Rod, Wasn't that Borland's goal for C++ Builder? Or is the Delphi interface, which I understood was the model for C++ Builder, not completely interactive? My limited exposure to Delphi shows me an interface that lets me build things visually with a minimal amount of hand-coding, but it's the ObjectPascal language itself that I'm not comfortable with. I'm at a point where I could go towards Topspeed, Delphi or C++Builder, and I really don't have the time to do more than one, since there are plenty of differences between the three. Regards, Dave

To: Kashish King who wrote (7145)	11/6/1997 11:27:00 PM
From: synchro	Respond to of 10836

>> I am seriously considering doing it myself having come to the shocking >> conclusion that for all their millions and billions, Borland, Microsoft and >> others have no concept of how to put together such a system. Having >> created some foundational components and a basic infrastructure to work >> around their crap, it's obvious to me how it should be done and it's equally >> obvious that it is not rocket science I have to chuckle when I read this. Too bad for the limited bandwidth on the internet, otherwise it would have been hilarious to see and hear this passage actually spoken in all seriousness and pomp. Thanks, Rod, for the entertainment. I needed it for my study break. Breathlessly waiting to invest in your IPO.