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Borland Releases Delphi 7

Posted by timothy on from the delphi-and-kylix-sound-like-minivan-names dept.

sebmol writes: "Borland has released version 7 of its superb development tool Delphi. Unusual for Borland, they have added quite a few extras to their release such as a complete (!) copy of Kylix 3, Borland's port of Delphi to Linux. The price is somewhat affordable, especially if you can take advantage of their upgrade offers. For the first time since Borland became Borland again (after the Inprise debacle), I can say that I am truly impressed by this company and their products."

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  1. Delphi.NET... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Another thing that others on /. seem to be missing is that D7 will also ship with a preview version of their Delphi for .NET compiler ( DCCIL - pronounced Diesel ). This compiler will produce native .NET IL code and you will be able to use just as you can C# or VB.NET.

    For who are interested in using Delphi to write .NET applications, 2 articles have been published on BDN ( http://bdn.borland.com/ ) outlining how the new Delphi.NET compiler works and also how to use Delphi with ASP.NET as native .NET applications/scripts.

    Simple games are already being written with DCCIL and there is talk that applications using DCCIL will be compatible enough to run under the new PocketPC .NET machines. But we will have to wait until it ships to be sure.

    1. Re:Delphi.NET... by sebmol · · Score: 2, Informative

      Delphi.NET will have the VCL and a lot of the other Borland libraries that have been introduced lately. You are not limited to using Window Forms and ADO.NET with Delphi.NET.

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      "Light is faster than sound." - "Is that why people tend to look bright until you hear them speak?"
  2. Extras not unusual for Borland by bevan.arps · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unusual for Borland, they have added quite a few extras to their release such as a complete (!) copy of Kylix 3, Borland's port of Delphi to Linux.

    Having extras included with your Borland purchase isn't strange at all - every time I've purchased a Delphi edition (1, 2 then 5) it came with a whole stack of CDs.

    Delphi 5 came with free copies of C++ Builder 3 and JBuilder 2; IIRC it also included a web site tool (can't remember which), a Companion Tools CD (some free stuff and some demos of 3rd party). Way back when Delphi 2 and 3 were released, each came with bundled Delphi 1 for 16bit development.