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Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Paul Morrison
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:56
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Rune Moberg wrote:

Why are the Delphi holy rollers all over the place trying to convert us VBers?  I currently own 
Delphi and I plan on purchasing the upgrade to 32bits in March.  I personally feel that I am 
producing one hell of an app with VB4-32.  The key word here is 32bits.  Delphi, at the moment, 
does not offer this capability on the open market.  Maybe I am banking to much on VB's continued 
success, but if we get improved form speed and perhaps a compiler I will be ahead of you and 
Delphites.  I think Delphi is a fine product, but my future is with VB and Microsoft.

> 
> I haven't seen SpyWorks, but Delphi 1.0 does this right out of the box.
> 
> IMO, it has a better IDE than VB4, while offering a powerful language that
> indeed can be compared to C++. Of course, SpyWorks probably enhances this,
> but whatever it does, I'm sure can be built for Delphi too. The difference
> is that any enhancements can be done with Delphi and doesn't require a second
> development language.
> 
> VB is BASIC with a few added keywords and the possibility to use VBXs and
> DLLs. Performancewise it's still the BASIC we've all learned to love/hate.
> (insert rumours of the old QuickBasic being a true compiler here)
> 

Well I like my 3rd party OCX's like Spyworks.  It makes things simple, fast, and EASY.  I have a 
strong feeling that Spyworks allows me to do things much faster and quicker than Delphi, but I 
could be wrong!

> 
> And I will have an even faster application implemented in less hours.
> ;-)
> 

But will it be a true 32bit app for 95 or NT??????????


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