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C# may have killed Borland C++ Builder

The reports of C++ Builder's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

(perhaps you think P-code when you write Pascal, good for you!)

You're a little out of date. You have some reading to do.

Standard Pascal strings were limited to 255 ASCII-7 characters.

But this hasn't been the case for decades. Try FreePascal or the community edition of Delphi to see the current state of Object Pascal.

"Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language" was written in 1981 and the criticisms are out of date. Pascal has moved on since then. Try FreePascal (with Lazarus) or try Delphi.

So... just like most people's criticisms of C++ then?

C++ has moved since the 1990s, too.

especially Pascal

"Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language" was written in 1981 and the criticisms are out of date. Pascal has moved on since then. Try FreePascal (with Lazarus) or try Delphi.

See subject & https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/delphi-object-pascal/ & does all majors https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/

Used for APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ - why?

Deals in strings & made sense for performance advantage (Object Pascal's string function library = excellent).

* Delphi SMOKED MSVC++ (former personal fav by DOUBLE++ in math & strings which every program does) in 4/6 tests @ a competing trade journal (VB Programmer's Journal) in 1997 Sept/Oct issue "Inside the VB5 Compiler"

BASIC = 1st language in 82, COBOL 85, & C in 92 (buffer overflows in null-term'ed strings) so I did Delphi (stringlength = 'built-in').

APK

P.S.=> "Old classics" NEVER die - C gains now due to industrial automation & automotive work imo

See subject & not 1 bug found in APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ since it's release in mid 2012 to date!

(Does Delphi have bugs? Maybe - but I haven't seen any to date in MY WORK + neither have my unidentifiable anonymous (or fake name using) 'troll naysayers' here on /. - lol, which I bet BURNS THEM UP to NO END!)

APK

P.S.=> Proven since Delphi's release in 1995 16-bit, thru 32-bit into 64-bit currently across every major platform there is https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ as it does all the majors & pretty much every kind of development there is (& no C buffer overflows possible in Delphi strings - Delphi doesn't use null terminated strings & has stringlength built-in to strings)... apk

See subject & https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ & does all major platforms @ high performance https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/

I used it to create APK Hosts File Engine 10++ SR-1 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ - why?

My program deals heavily in stringwork - it made sense to start w/ an advantage for performance' sake (& Object Pascal's string function library IS excellent).

* Delphi absolutely SMOKED MSVC++ (my former personal fav by DOUBLE++ in math & strings which every program does) in performance in 4/6 tests @ a competing trade journal no less (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal) in 1997 Sept/Oct issue "Inside the VB5 Compiler" = why!

APK

P.S.=> New languages come & go briefly surging in popularity until bugs or lack of adoption slows it (Java = classic case) but tried & true "old classics" NEVER die... apk

See subject: I got threats on /. if I release my code they'd malicious EFast Google Chrome doppleganger it so no dice.

* Be cake too via Delphi X (does Linux & all majors) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/

All it would be @ THIS point (as Winsock2 vs. std. *NIX socket work is resolved ALREADY) is drive letters vs. mounted devices + Win32/64 API calls translated into Linux ones (or MacOS X) & path change to hosts too (all ez).

Results of its exported hosts file = excellent for more speed, security, reliability & anonymity online (even China imitated me http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/26/boffins_supercharge_the_hosts_file_to_save_users_plagued_by_dns_outages/

HOWEVER: My program's EXPORTED hosts file DATA does work anywhere though!

APK

P.S.=> I could also use FreePascal & it's LAZARUS IDE (almost exact clone of earlier Delphi like around Delphi 2 iirc) & code compatibility is DAMN NEAR PERFECT w/ Delphi's Object Pascal too! apk

See subject & learn to READ! Yes costs play a factor (money always does) & compiled code won't run on every system? BS with proof of that (from not only C/C++ but Delphi too (for all the majors))

"Read 'em & WEEP" + EAT YOUR WORDS https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/

* Man you're SO full of shit & mistakes it's not funny above & WORSE about javascript infectors next!

FACT: Javascript usage = the harbinger of ALL DOOM online (tell me - how often is javascript misused & where do MOST threats come from/get delivered by (other than Flash), hmmm? Answer = javascript).

Costs matter for labor in ANY business & it's a FACT C/C++ or Delphi coders just plain COST MORE but do better work by FAR in performance alone!

Going to TRY tell me that running scripts clientside doesn't RAISE cpu/ram & OTHER I/O use too (& in doing so raising your powerbill also)?

You're a noob & it SHOWS - you don't even KNOW what NSAPI/ISAPI or WinCGI/CGIBins are for OR what they do!

(Anything they don't do I don't need (I rarely if ever allow script online as it infects, tracks, slows you & raises costs).

APK

P.S.=> You lose, get it (what do you THINK ISAPI/NSAPI were largely written in in the past? Answer = C/C++ or even Delphi if you wanted)...apk

Why does the Delphi store show "Add to Cart" without a price?

Delphi X lets you do just that for all "major platforms" https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ & so does C++ for that matter!

* Better performance by FAR too!

APK

P.S.=> Totally w/ you on that note FunkSoulBrother... apk

OpenSORES has downsides folks - e.g. - Google Chrome EFast (malicious fools took its sourcecode to create an evil doppleganger).

* This is the biggest reason why I won't ever opensource any code I' ve ever written (which was compounded by fools here making threats to that very "EFast" effect on my hosts file engine).

(Too bad - I was planning on doing it so those with a Delphi X compiler (does ALL major platforms, even Linux/MacOS X as well as smartphones etc.) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ could "have @ it' & MAYBE improve it more - after all - there is NO 'greatest coder' (or greatest anything imo) - someone might find ways to make it better than I myself alone could).

Open Source CAN be a great thing but it also has another 'downside' in that WHEN you do NOT do your OWN work? You don't get stronger & I've noticed many 'frameworks' end up showing bugs (bugs that YOU as the user of them end up dealing with too)). I think it's best to do your own code as much as you can, not using 3rd party libs or units/.h/modules etc. & THEN letting others take a shot @ improving it too, but ONLY then.

APK

P.S.=> On that last note though - I've built a version that's ~50% FASTER on HUGE hosts files @ this point but I am testing it THOROUGHLY prior to release (I always do, for months usually) - shame others can't take a peek @ it to help me more though (even though Malwarebytes employees have audited it for safety, it wasn't a performance boosting audit)... apk

I haven't ported it to Linux & was actually hoping to OpenSORES it (until morons here threatened to create an EFast Google Chrome malicious doppleganger out of it IF I did - their loss) via Delphi X (does ALL the major platforms, yes Linux + MacOS X too) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ so others could & there ya are...

* Left you another message (see subject & https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11351783&cid=55554475/

APK

P.S.=> R o T f L m A o (but the Eagles put out what I meant BETTER than I EVER could - sayin' it all "SO CLEAN" so you "KNOW JUST WHAT I MEAN" (lyrics from the tune used))... apk

See subject: Linux is pretty good @ what it does (seriously good as a server) but like you said? Don't work on what's solved, work on what's NOT solved (usermode applications for specific tasks/problems) - or you'll NEVER beat Windows (which has an established infrastructure in place for this already & DOES get drivers for hardwares done IMMEDIATELY by hardware makers (even "oddball stuff" that most folks WON'T USE but INDUSTRY will)).

* Linux won on the smartphone - NOT due to "technical superiority" but CO$TING (no OS license cost inflating the per unit cost of 'smartphones' (dumbphones imo, tracking machines)).

Get REAL people... he's right as rain & I'll gladly second it (& I think Linux has potential).

APK

P.S.=> However, here I am talking but not porting an app I've done that it would be easy enough to do via Delphi (does all the majors) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ but since I like Windows the most (made me a career/life improving it)? That's "how it goes" from myself even (it's not MY job to help the 'competition' (it IS YOURS though, "penguins" & only a matter of directing your efforts into that which IS probably harder to do than you've been doing (other than Torvald's team - they're doing what THEY ought to, build the foundations more/better), even though I'm long retired from the field in computing - call it "old habit dies hard" here, lol)... apk

"Hey, I was wondering APK, can you modify your famous HOSTS file to suit a different platform?" - by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:08AM (#55523921)

See subject & https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ but then see this & why I don't https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11338175&cid=55523653/

* Too bad - I could do all you require & THEN SOME... but you see why I will not.

APK

P.S.=> Period... apk

It programs for ALL the major platforms out there currently pretty much (yes, Linux now again too) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ & from what I see? Today's "programmer" @ Stack Overflow etc. are copycat noobs (yes, there's a few folks there that KNOW THEIR STUFF, but they are by FAR a minority carrying the weight of the noobz there that think "only OUR language is good" well bullshit - Python, Perl etc. don't do a FRACTION of what Delphi can on its own).

APK

P.S.=> I program in a dozen languages fluently - Delphi knocks the piss out of most bigtime (even C++) minus their flaws (C buffer overflow null-terminated strings for one) & stole me away from MSVC++ & VB when in a competing trade rag of all places, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal Sept/Oct 1997 issue titled "Inside the VB5 compiler" (watered down MSVC++ one) Delphi took 4/6 tests 1st place (especially math & strings where it LITERALLY DOUBLED & then some MSVC++ full, & every program does those tasks)... apk

The old Borland compilers may not be libre, but they were made freely available over a decade ago.

http://edn.embarcadero.com/art...

Java is the new statically-typed bondage-and-discipline language like Pascal? No, Java has Reflection.

Pascal has reflection as well.

See my subject (never understood why they cut it either) & this link https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/ & it's a good thing!

* Linux is indeed making inroads into the world now & yes, it's a MAJOR competitor (keeps per unit costs down of handsets/routers etc.) - this is your proof.

APK

P.S.=> BOTH MS & Embarcadero (will always be BORLAND to me) are doing this but I wonder if Visual Studio does MacOS X, iOS, Android (which Delphi does already) & in 64-bit for all of them too - Delphi, does (& again, soon Linux too & 32/64-bit)... apk

See subject: I've been waiting for this in 2018 https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/ for this to be on all major OS platforms https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10324921&cid=53984051/

Not webpage based (w/ all of its security flaws in SQLInjection, CSS & IFrame override/exploit, & javascript slowness & security abuses...)

Not interpreted slower runtime driven code (as in the case of .NET or Java) ...But rather TRUE 'stand-alone' non-interpreted single .exe code as it already exists on Win32/Win64 currently.

APK

P.S.=> I've already gotten the *NIX vs. Win32/64 stuff worked out (drive letters vs. mounted devices &/or WinSock2 vs. *NIX sockets differences) so it's just a matter of waiting for Borland to finish it up in 2018 & then? "Savoir Faire is EVERYWHERE..." baby (for the most part on ALL the majors & in 64-bit form, not just 32/64 on Windows, 32 bit on MacOS X/iOS & Android already)... apk

but Pascal [standardpascal.org]?

It's more like Pascal or, alternatively, Pascal.

"the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised, and exactly as expected" - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:17PM (#53882945)

See my subject: It's just waiting for Borland Delphi (it'll always be Borland to me) to do 64-bit Linux in 2018 per "The most exciting new feature on the roadmap is the coming Linux support, which weâ(TM)ll soon start previewing." from https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/ so the codebase stays EXACTLY the same (for most part, some small diffs between *NIX & Windows, in WinSock2 vs. *NIX sockets - these I have resolved already for the most part, drive letters vs. mounted devices (I don't use registry, it's a 'portable app' so it's VERY *NIX like, uses .ini file)).

Delphi already does Win16/32/64, Android, MacOS X (iirc, 64-bit here already) but not Linux (used to in Kylix, they stopped it - not sure why, dumb move imo!).

I chose Object Pascal Delphi due to seeing it outrace MSVC++ in Oct 1997 VBPJ (competing trade rag) "Inside the VB5 Compiler" where it MORE-THAN-DOUBLED C++ in strings & math performance (which IS what the hosts engine does mostly).

APK

P.S.=> It does block most all advertising (if not all, this is how that works downloading scripts from adservers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10221859/ ) IF not served on same site (99.999% isn't), spam & phish payload links (& if done by malicious attachment, it stalls it, stopping communique back to C&C servers if a botnet type) & it does stop MANY forms of malware (like C&C botnets I noted or other types that coordinate w/ other machines-botnet herders OR downloaders etc.)... apk

"the Host File Engine performs exactly as promised, and exactly as expected" - by mmell (832646) on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:17PM (#53882945)

See my subject: I'm just waiting for Borland Delphi to do 64-bit Linux in 2018 per "The most exciting new feature on the roadmap is the coming Linux support, which we’ll soon start previewing." from https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/ (it'll always be Borland to me)

That's so the codebase stays EXACTLY the same (for most part, some small diffs between *NIX & Windows, in WinSock2 vs. *NIX sockets - these I have resolved already for the most part, drive letters vs. mounted devices (I don't use registry, it's a 'portable app' so it's VERY *NIX like, uses .ini file)).

I could have ported to FreePascal & Lazarus IDE (Delphi 2 clone) but ports from Delphi 5/7 to XE1->XE4 had "hurdles" believe it or not - I don't like taking chances. Codebase for 32 & 64 bit is EXACTLY the same too, I like to keep it that way (especially over 26++ thousand lines).

Delphi already does Win16/32/64, Android, MacOS X (iirc, 64-bit here already) but not Linux (used to in Kylix, they stopped it - not sure why, dumb move imo!).

I chose Object Pascal Delphi due to seeing it outrace MSVC++ in Oct 1997 VBPJ (competing trade rag) "Inside the VB5 Compiler" where it MORE-THAN-DOUBLED C++ in strings & math performance (which IS what the hosts engine does mostly).

APK

P.S.=> It does block most all advertising (if not all, this is how that works downloading scripts from adservers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10221859/ ) IF not served on same site (99.999% isn't), spam & phish payload links - the DANGER in them are that (& if done by malicious attachment, it stalls it, stopping communique back to C&C servers if a botnet type) & it does stop MANY forms of malware (like C&C botnets I noted or other types that coordinate w/ other machines-botnet herders OR downloaders etc.)... apk

See subject: Outran rival languages like C++ in 4/6 tests given in a competing language's trade rag test (VBPJ oct 1997 titled "Inside the VB5 compiler"):

STRING SUITE:

Delphi = .275ms
MSVC++ = .500ms
MSVB = 4.091ms

MATH SUITE:

Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms

API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

Delphi = .269ms
MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = 292

TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:

MSVC++ = .012ms
Delphi = .069ms
MSVB = .072ms

ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:

MSVB = .114ms
Delphi = .495ms
MSVC++ = .778ms

NATIVE TO LANGUAGE GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = .455ms
Delphi = .503ms

* Does "multiplatform" w/ the best of them (soon to have Linux64 too, not just Win32/64, MacOS X, Android etc.) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/

APK

P.S.=> I created APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-5 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ using it... apk

See subject: Outran rival languages like C++ in 4/6 tests given in a competing language's trade rag test (VBPJ oct 1997 titled "Inside the VB5 compiler"):

STRING SUITE:

Delphi = .275ms
MSVC++ = .500ms
MSVB = 4.091ms

MATH SUITE:

Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms

API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

Delphi = .269ms
MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = 292

TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:

MSVC++ = .012ms
Delphi = .069ms
MSVB = .072ms

ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:

MSVB = .114ms
Delphi = .495ms
MSVC++ = .778ms

NATIVE TO LANGUAGE GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = .455ms
Delphi = .503ms

* Does "multiplatform" w/ the best of them (soon to have Linux64 too, not just Win32/64, MacOS X, Android etc.) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/

APK

P.S.=> I created APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-5 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ using it... apk

See subject: Outran rival languages like C++ in 4/6 tests given in a competing language's trade rag test (VBPJ oct 1997 titled "Inside the VB5 compiler"):

STRING SUITE:

Delphi = .275ms
MSVC++ = .500ms
MSVB = 4.091ms

MATH SUITE:

Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms

API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

Delphi = .269ms
MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = 292

TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:

MSVC++ = .012ms
Delphi = .069ms
MSVB = .072ms

ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:

MSVB = .114ms
Delphi = .495ms
MSVC++ = .778ms

NATIVE TO LANGUAGE GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = .455ms
Delphi = .503ms

* Does "multiplatform" w/ the best of them (soon to have Linux64 too, not just Win32/64, MacOS X, Android etc.) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/

APK

P.S.=> I created APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-5 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ using it... apk

See subject: Outran rival languages like C++ in 4/6 tests given in a competing language's trade rag test (VBPJ oct 1997 titled "Inside the VB5 compiler"):

STRING SUITE:

Delphi = .275ms
MSVC++ = .500ms
MSVB = 4.091ms

MATH SUITE:

Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms

API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

Delphi = .269ms
MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = 292

TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:

MSVC++ = .012ms
Delphi = .069ms
MSVB = .072ms

ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:

MSVB = .114ms
Delphi = .495ms
MSVC++ = .778ms

NATIVE TO LANGUAGE GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:

MSVC++ = .293ms
MSVB = .455ms
Delphi = .503ms

* Does "multiplatform" w/ the best of them (soon to have Linux64 too, not just Win32/64, MacOS X, Android etc.) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/

APK

P.S.=> I created APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-5 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ using it... apk

See subject: Says all - *NIX folks'll like Delphi for Linux64 (does other major platforms already) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/

* I was "holding off" (could port it to FreePascal via Lazarus IDE - both almost exact 'clones' of Delphi) due to not admittedly helping 'the competition' & waiting for Delphi to become complete for ALL platforms (most all if NOT all amongst the "major" ones...) + wanting it to be from the SAME EXACT COMPILER (less risk of bugs etc.) - that's coming VERY soon & I just MAY build ports to MacOS X (already possible) + Linux (or, possibly, open source it).

QUESTION: How would I 'drop you a line' when you left no point of contact in your message (e.g. email)?

APK

P.S.=> I'd "OpenSORES" it but after seeing what happened to GOOGLE's Chrome w/ EFast? No thanks & NO WAY - that's NOT going to happen to me or my work... apk

See subject & this link (Linux 64-bit executables are coming in it VERY soon & it does all major others already) https://community.embarcadero.com/article/news/16418-product-roadmap-august-2016/ & it already does MacOS X + Android & "IoT" also.

* I could port it to Lazarus/FreePascal though - but I want the codebase to stay "EXACTLY" the same done in the same compiler (less risk that way) & ports to *NIX for this program are easy enough - some WinSock2 vs. *NIX sockets diffs (easy), drive letters vs. mounted devices (easy), & finding *NIX API analogs to some Win32/64 API calls (should be easy enough).

APK

P.S.=> I'm not in the habit of helping an inferior competitor though & yes, Linux is inferior in many levels (mainly availability of applications vs. Windows)... apk

You are correct that a Windows laptop, which is capable of running Delphi, is less expensive than a low-end MacBook if you look at hardware alone. But according to the pricing page, a Windows PC with a validly licensed copy of Delphi Professional ($1,264.50) and the Mobile Add-on Pack ($702.00) is more expensive than a comparable Mac with a validly licensed copy of Xcode.

And can Delphi for Windows deploy to iOS devices for testing and package for the App Store?

or any other development environment targeting the smartphone platform with the largest paid app and IAP revenue per user, is ported to anything other than what you call "overpriced Apple products".

Delphi runs on Windows. Now you know.

See subject & https://www.embarcadero.com/pr... for cross-platform development across PC's & smartphones galore...

APK

P.S.=> It's what I used to create APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?... (& it's a pity they killed "Kylix" for Linux - as it did Linux programs also (does ANDROID which IS a form of Linux though so imo, that's doable too) - it'd do it ALL)... apk

Pascal is not dead. Zombie Delphi will coach you.

See subject: On any OS w/ a normal BSD derived IP stack (99% of devices & OS are) on most any hardware platform!

* Now, you have a point on my program... HOWEVER?

I could EASILY PORT IT, easily (for the MOST part, other than avoiding drive letters vs. mounted devices & I've along ago abstracted away the sockets diffs between *NIX socketry & WinSock2 in the code) via the BEST DEVELOPMENT TOOL ever created which my program is coded in:

Delphi -> http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

Back in the "Top 10" development languages as I knew it would be per the TIOBE index http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_ind...

AND

Not one of the "Big security & bug issue" generating languages either -> http://news.softpedia.com/news...

Which you can see ports to just about *ANYTHING* out there (of the major platforms)!

(For Linux, there's FreePascal + its LAZARUS IDE which is an almost EXACT CLONE of Delphi's Object Pascal (which whipped even MSVC++ in 4/6 tests, tying 1 with C++ & losing as C++ even did on ActiveX form loads to VB (a dead tech on VB & ActiveX))).

In fact, MORE THAN DOUBLING C++ in Math & Strings work in fact - which, face it, EVERY program does work on, in of ALL places, a competing languages' trade journal no less (VBPJ Sept./Oct. issue 1997 titled "Inside the VB5 Compiler")!

APK

P.S.=> So, before you ask it: Why don't I port it to OTHER platforms? Well, ok:

I am just not in the habit of "helping the competition", to be blatantly forthright honest about it (I'm a "Windows man", albeit Win7 & below, not the VISTA onwards wannabe Google garbage from MS)... apk

Delphi Object Pascal (or on Linux, FreePascal & Lazarus IDE, an almost EXACT clone of ->) http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* FASTEST RISER IN THE TIOBE INDEX 2014-present -> http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_ind...

(TOP 10, again, & up from WHO KNOWS WHERE... not too shabby!)

Delphi "got ahold of me" back in 1997 (though I used it from version 1.0 in 16-bit as far back as 1995 professionally for Goulds Pumps, a then Fortune 500) where in, of ALL places, a competing language's trade journals (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal Sept./Oct. 1997 issue titled "INSIDE THE VB5 COMPILER") it took 4/6 tests (losing only 1, which C++ did also, in a dead tech now of ActiveX forms loads which VB actually won, & tying 1 w/ MSVC++) & SWEEPING THE FLOOR with MSVC++ & VB5 - actually LITERALLY more than DOUBLING even C++ in Math & Strings work (which, face it, EVERY program works with)).

APK

P.S.=> Why change? Especially when I've created a "best of breed" program in it that gives users more speed, security, reliability & even anonymity than ANY other SINGLE "so-called 'solution'" out there, for FAR LESS resource consummation:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit http://www.start64.com/index.p...

Highly RECOMMENDED & HOSTED by none other than Malwarebytes' hpHosts admin no less proven safe by him & 60++ antivirus tests... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

IF ANYONE HAS A BETTER INDICATOR OF LANGUAGE USE SOURCE? PLEASE - BRING IT ON!

(Apparently nobody does & all they had is downmods vs. this same post in this exchange 4-5x now, lol! E.G. - 1 of many http://science.slashdot.org/co... )

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

IF ANYONE HAS A BETTER INDICATOR OF LANGUAGE USE SOURCE? PLEASE - BRING IT ON!

(Apparently nobody does & all they had is downmods vs. this same post in this exchange 4-5x now, lol! E.G. - 1 of many http://science.slashdot.org/co... )

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

IF ANYONE HAS A BETTER INDICATOR OF LANGUAGE USE SOURCE? PLEASE - BRING IT ON!

(Apparently nobody does & all they had is downmods vs. this same post in this exchange 4-5x now, lol! E.G. - 1 of many http://science.slashdot.org/co... )

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

IF ANYONE HAS A BETTER INDICATOR OF LANGUAGE USE SOURCE? PLEASE - BRING IT ON!

(Apparently nobody does & all they had is downmods vs. this same post in this exchange 4-5x now, lol!)

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you CAN'T program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

Object Pascal/Delphi - biggest riser in the TIOBE index 2014-2016 (iirc more than 20++ places 2014-2015) http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... into the "TOP 10" again, like I knew it would be once more!

MARKETERS: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!

It JUMPED a full 20++ places (especially when combined with Free Pascal on Linux using the Lazarus IDE, which is an ALMOST exact 'clone' of the Delphi IDE (& it was a bad move, yes a bad move, for Borland to have killed off Kylix which they had working on Linux). Like Lazarus (pun intended) IT ROSE FROM THE DEAD (never having died though).

There's almost NOTHING you can program with it (yes, even drivers with addon toolkits) & on most EVERY major hardware platform http://www.embarcadero.com/pro...

* All the bullshit "hype" of the "new hotness" that turns up "old & busted" was just that - I knew it would be since reinventing wheels USUALLY runs into the same problems already solved by the "old classics" (like my favs C++ & Object Pascal).

APK

P.S.=> So, though it may be an interesting language that was built ground-up with GOOD solid fundamentals? I'll stick by WHAT IS OUTRIGHT KICKING "R"'s ASS, Delphi... besides: I create "best of breed" no questions asked programs that the likes of the BEST in Malwarebytes's folks recommending & hosting it for me proves:

APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit: http://www.start64.com/index.p...

So why "argue with success" & WHY change? It works for me... apk

See subject: Via Delphi Object Pascal I coded it in (fastest rising languge in the 2015 TIOBE index in fact-> http://www.tiobe.com/content/p... ) & Delphi 10 (& earlier versions) port to all major platforms -> http://www.embarcadero.com/pro... easily but since Windows runs on ~ 94.5++% of ALL the world's PC's (the SUPERIOR overall "weapon of choice" for me) & roughly a 50/50 of all the servers? Then, how far WRONG can I be?? I command a BIG market segment & hosts run on ANYTHING with a normal BSD derived IP stack - pretty much on any OS, any device (barring bogus alteration to favor advertisers that is (Google KitKat ANDROID smartphone toys imo onward)).

APK

P.S.=> Pascal & Object Pascal have shown their superiority since the 1990's & stood the test of time. Borland USED to have Kylix but FreePascal & it's Lazarus IDE (proving it's risen from the dead there too, pun intended) are, as I said, COMING BACK W/ A VENGEANCE (hype from other vendors notwithstanding) - like superior tools always do! It can do JUST ABOUT ANYTHING my other fav. in C++ can (yes, even drivers via added on toolkits) & BEAT IT as far back as 1997 in of all places, a competing trade journal (VBPJ) taking 4/6 tests, tying 1 with C++, losing only 1 (which C++ did to VB too on a dead platform in ActiveX forms) but SMOKING IT, more than DOUBLING IT in math & strings work (which face it, every program does) - it's why I love it, it's been my fav since that Sept./Oct. 1997 issue "INSIDE THE VB5 COMPILER" in fact... with good reasons - it's the BEST! apk

Care to show anything comparable to this blunder in C++

The lack of bounds checking in C and C++ is one of the biggest problems in computer security. 75% of vulnerabilities in 2003 were buffer overflows. It's no use saying "programmers should program better" because that's clearly never going to happen. Buffer overflows keep happening even after C\C++ have been around and in wide use for decades. The best solution is to switch to a language which offers better buffer overflow protections, like Pascal (see range checks in Free Pascal and Delphi. Pascal also has overflow checks (both Free Pascal and Delphi).

Care to show anything comparable to this blunder in C++

The lack of bounds checking in C and C++ is one of the biggest problems in computer security. 75% of vulnerabilities in 2003 were buffer overflows. It's no use saying "programmers should program better" because that's clearly never going to happen. Buffer overflows keep happening even after C\C++ have been around and in wide use for decades. The best solution is to switch to a language which offers better buffer overflow protections, like Pascal (see range checks in Free Pascal and Delphi. Pascal also has overflow checks (both Free Pascal and Delphi).

I prefer the "write once, compile everywhere" design philosophy of Object Pascal, which both Free Pascal and Delphi achieve. Free Pascal 3.0 also achieves Java's "write once, run everywhere" with its ability to compile to JVM bytecode.

Well, because you can't write native ios apps in anything except Apple's approved garbage language.

False. You could use Object Pascal or C++ or C# or JavaScript or any language which provides you with a toolchain to target iOS.

Object Pascal and C++ and C# and JavaScript to name a few. You can program for iOS using any language which provides you with a toolchain to target iOS.

There are NOT a lot of choices of languages when it comes to that.

Not true. In addition to Objective C and Swift you can program for iOS in, for example, Object Pascal or C++ or C# or JavaScript.

Not true indeed. You and I have a huge difference in what "a lot" means. A lot of difference.