system: You are Christian Iversen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Peter Todd about "Need info on Delphi".

They wrote:
MM>> my VB 3 and Delphi experience I'd say VB has a better development
MM>> environment and a far more useful and robust debugging capability.
MM>> Most of the latter quality is due to the interpreter, which is a more
MM>> comfortable development tool than a compiler-only tool. You can go a
PT> That could be a problem. Can you do such thing as single step in
PT> Delphi? Examin vars while debugging? etc.
PT> That shouldn't be a problem for me. I learnt to use a computer on a XT
PT> about 4 years ago. And because of that I know a *lot* about how a
PT> computer works internaly.
MM>> I entered the Windows programming arena with VB, and I've always
MM>> really liked it. In my first job as a full time professional
PT> Same with me. VB is great,it's just that it is so slow.
MM>> programmer I started using Delphi and the transition was really smooth
MM>> with my VB experience. To get the most out of Delphi though, you have
MM>> to have a basic understanding of object oriented programming. If you
MM>> do know about OOP or are willing to learn about it and if you are
PT> I am very willing to learn. Computers are my life. <g>
MM>> serious about becoming a real programmer, VB may hold you back sooner
MM>> that you might like. In that case, I would not touch VB at all. But
MM>> then again, VB has come a long way since version 3.0 so you should ask
MM>> VB 5 users (preferably the ones that know other tools as well) about
MM>> their experiences.
PT> I do intend to get a job in programming. In fact I have already made
PT> quite a few apps. About 5 that I have distributed and countless little
PT> code "snipbits" Give me your email address and I'll send you a few of
PT> my programs. They will take up less then 100k and will be shareware
PT> versions. Or a beta copy of the next version.
PT>> 4: Can you compile your apps for Win3.1?
MM>> Only with Delphi 1.0. If you would rather not spend money on hardware
MM>> and the learning experience is your main goal, try Delphi 1.0. Adding
PT> My main goal is learning *and* making a few apps.
MM>> RAM would still be a good idea though. From a learning point of view,
MM>> there is hardly a difference between D1 and D3. I did a lot of
MM>> programming on a 386SX 20 Mhz 4MB, Windows 3.1 and VB 2.0. And I
MM>> turned out pretty well, being one of the finest Dutch Windows
MM>> programmers around (ahem). You hard disk is too small in any case :-).
PT> And I am one of the finest 12 year old programmers. <g> Must have been
PT> that XT. <g>
MM>> Better find yourself an old cheap (free) 486 with 32 MB of memory.
MM>> That would be more that adequate for Delphi 1.0, I've been working on
MM>> that gear for over a year without ever feeling the need for more
MM>> (hardware wise, that is...;-) ).
PT> I should go to the 2600 meeting in my city and ask the hackers there
PT> where to go to get cheap hardware.

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Then VB Is not great :)
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Hey Me2 Christian.Iversen@DADLNet.Dk
Hey i am the finest 14 year old programmer Hey i used to use a XT Too!
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