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Hi Jeff.
Many thanks for you (and for Pete) for answer.
Can you say the same about another parts of IDE (all 
was written in C)?
Thank you.
Vladimir.

"Jeff Overcash (TeamB)" <jeffovercash@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>
>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).
>
>-- 
>Jeff Overcash (TeamB) 
>      (Please do not email me directly unless  asked. Thank You) 
>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher
>a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build
>a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act
>alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer,
>cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.  Specialization is for
>insects.   (RAH)