In terms of naming: Are we Delphi, VCL or Pascal programmers?
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The idea of using Notepad in which to program... I'll stop, before I start twitching.
I'm a programmer who happens to be paid, at the moment at least, to write in Delphi :)
But if you want to write Object Pascal outside of Delphi's IDE, why not try out Lazarus, from the Free Pascal crowd? It's a Delphi clone, and doesn't look too bad. (Caveat: I've installed it, but I haven't "used it in anger".)
Frank Shearar
2010-05-31 12:07:26
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I also label myself "Object Pascal" programmer, both since I (also) work with Free Pascal for quite a while now, and because when I started with it, the language was still called that.
Free Pascal btw still names it "object pascal" since the label "Delphi" is trademarked.
And I do OpenGL in Delphi too. For work purposes even, though it is more 2D (big bitmaps with complex layered overlays) than 3D. So that is also not too strange.
What you name with C++ is always the problem. The language is generally ok, though a bit more sensitive. But what to pick to make C++ GUIs on the Windows platform? Sure there is BCB, but then I'd rather use Delphi directly.
Marco van de Voort
2010-05-31 12:23:18
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- Pascal is a programming language.
- VCL is an extension of pascal that implement a Visual Component library.
- Delphi is an IDE for working with the VCL.
If you use Delphi IDE, you are a Delphi programmer, if you use the VCL and visual components that come with delphi, obviously you're also a VCL programmer and if you use this, you're a Pascal programmer.
Be happy, you're a "Delphi-VCL-Pascal-Programmer". ;-DD
Neftalí
2010-05-31 12:23:26
I do not agree. Pascal is an old programming language, which eventually was extended to Object Pascal, and then Delphi Pascal, today only called Delphi. So Delphi is a programming language. The IDE sold by Embarcadero is called RAD Studio.
Andreas Rejbrand
2010-05-31 12:33:14
good point, thanks
José Eduardo
2010-05-31 12:53:39
Hello Andreas.You are right that Delphi today can be considered a language, but not the same as pascal. Many Pascal do not compile Delphi program. Delphi is an extension of Pascal, but not is the same; Pascal is still living with their own identity. Embarcadero IDE is called RAD Studio now, but in previous versions was called Delphi. Since version 8 was called Delphi, at 2005 version was renamed RAD Studio (but not always so.)
Neftalí
2010-06-01 08:37:02
+1
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How about you just call yourself a programmer with strong preference for Delphi?
Arcturus
2010-05-31 12:32:01