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Re: BCB compiler

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From: Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:31
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Vladimir Afanasyev wrote:
> 
> Hi Pete.
> Thank you.
> Frankly I thinked that it was written in Delphi.

No, it is C.  The Delphi compiler was assembly up to D1 (16 nit), starting with
D2 the Delphi backend is a C compiler (32 bit).  The amount of work required to
move the 16 bit compiler to 32 bits was too high so they were faced with writing
the 32 bit from scratch or purchasing an existing compiler and working from
there.  They chose the second option since it got them to market faster (IOW
there is no technical reason not to write it in Delphi, only that it didn't make
any sense to spend the extra resources to do it).

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