Comments on: Questions for Nick Hodges http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/ The Podcast about the Delphi programming language, tools, news and community. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:47:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim McKeeth http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Jim McKeeth Thu, 06 May 2010 17:54:14 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-857 Comments closed in preparation for interview. Thanks to all who commented! Comments closed in preparation for interview. Thanks to all who commented!

]]> By: Gad D Lord http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Gad D Lord Thu, 06 May 2010 17:41:28 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-856 1. Is QT the target GUI framework for Mac development? 2. If yes, shall there be a nasty CLX wrapper around it or good JCL-like headers? 3. When Delphi will be made as portable application? 1. Is QT the target GUI framework for Mac development?
2. If yes, shall there be a nasty CLX wrapper around it or good JCL-like headers?
3. When Delphi will be made as portable application?

]]> By: Mihaela MJ http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Mihaela MJ Thu, 06 May 2010 09:00:01 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-853 Hi Jim, Here's what I would like to ask: Easily migrating Delphi configuration settings and third-party components/tools form one PC to another: Scenario: 1. I install Delphi on one PC 2. Install third-party components and tools 3. Set up library paths, etc.. 4. I would like to easily migrate the same configuration and files to other PC Perhaps Delphi should require installing third party components and tools in some kind of a sandbox (virtual storage) for easy migration. Thanks. Hi Jim,

Here’s what I would like to ask:

Easily migrating Delphi configuration settings and third-party components/tools form one PC to another:

Scenario:
1. I install Delphi on one PC
2. Install third-party components and tools
3. Set up library paths, etc..
4. I would like to easily migrate the same configuration and files to other PC

Perhaps Delphi should require installing third party components and tools in some kind of a sandbox (virtual storage) for easy migration.

Thanks.

]]> By: Oliver Giesen http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Oliver Giesen Thu, 06 May 2010 08:26:33 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-852 Regarding 64bit-compiler: * Can I expect to compile my existing 32bit-projects (especially COM-DLLs) to 64bit without changes to the source code? If not, what areas do I have to look out for? How can/should I prepare my code for this? * Is there any chance at all I will be able to compile to 64bit before the end of the year (e.g. via a preview compiler in D2011 or by participating in a beta/field test)? * How big exactly was the ratio of people voting for xplat over 64bit in the user survey? When evaluating that did you consider that many people are still not aware that 64bit is not only about big numbers and huge amounts of memory but also about staying able to integrate and communicate with third-party processes (think shell-extensions or Office-addins)? Misc: * What syntactic sugar currently present in Prism can we expect to be carried over to D2011? Nullable types? Iterators? Parallel loops? Type inference (and with it simplified closure syntax)? * Can we expect the inclusion of a UI testing framework (such as Zombie) in the foreseeable future? * I heard version control integration will be included in D2011. Will this be a generic interface or Subversion only? * Will you stick to the horribly sluggish "Document Explorer" thing for displaying help? Is there any chance we will get back instant context help any time soon? * Have you considered adding formatter support to live templates so I will no longer have to manually reformat all the stock templates whenever I install Delphi? * What others asked already: Strategy for attracting new users, future of the Turbos, possible profiler bundling, MVC/MVP, Roadmap updates, native regexes, etc. Regarding 64bit-compiler:

* Can I expect to compile my existing 32bit-projects (especially COM-DLLs) to 64bit without changes to the source code? If not, what areas do I have to look out for? How can/should I prepare my code for this?

* Is there any chance at all I will be able to compile to 64bit before the end of the year (e.g. via a preview compiler in D2011 or by participating in a beta/field test)?

* How big exactly was the ratio of people voting for xplat over 64bit in the user survey? When evaluating that did you consider that many people are still not aware that 64bit is not only about big numbers and huge amounts of memory but also about staying able to integrate and communicate with third-party processes (think shell-extensions or Office-addins)?

Misc:

* What syntactic sugar currently present in Prism can we expect to be carried over to D2011? Nullable types? Iterators? Parallel loops? Type inference (and with it simplified closure syntax)?

* Can we expect the inclusion of a UI testing framework (such as Zombie) in the foreseeable future?

* I heard version control integration will be included in D2011. Will this be a generic interface or Subversion only?

* Will you stick to the horribly sluggish “Document Explorer” thing for displaying help? Is there any chance we will get back instant context help any time soon?

* Have you considered adding formatter support to live templates so I will no longer have to manually reformat all the stock templates whenever I install Delphi?

* What others asked already: Strategy for attracting new users, future of the Turbos, possible profiler bundling, MVC/MVP, Roadmap updates, native regexes, etc.

]]> By: Marc Hofmann http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Marc Hofmann Thu, 06 May 2010 06:52:24 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-851 Hi... Are there any plan to migrate BOLD for Delphi >= 2009...? Thank you, Marc Hi…

Are there any plan to migrate BOLD for Delphi >= 2009…?

Thank you,
Marc

]]> By: Carsten Fulde http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Carsten Fulde Thu, 06 May 2010 06:12:31 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-850 Questions about Express Editions for Nick: why Embarcadero canceled the Express editions? It was a nice way of binding younger developers to your products. Look at Microsoft, they gave their Visual Studio away for nothing. Also it would increase the amount of free software written in / with Delphi. Did you plan to release them again in the future, if so, when?? Questions about Express Editions for Nick:
why Embarcadero canceled the Express editions? It was a nice way of binding younger developers to your products. Look at Microsoft, they gave their Visual Studio away for nothing. Also it would increase the amount of free software written in / with Delphi.
Did you plan to release them again in the future, if so, when??

]]> By: Wilfred Oluoch http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Wilfred Oluoch Thu, 06 May 2010 04:23:29 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-849 Will there be Office 2010 UI elemenets (Fluent Ribbon,etc) components in the next version of Delphi? And how about a $99 standard version and a $399 Professional version? Will there be Office 2010 UI elemenets (Fluent Ribbon,etc) components in the next version of Delphi? And how about a $99 standard version and a $399 Professional version?

]]> By: Adam Craig Johnston http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Adam Craig Johnston Wed, 05 May 2010 23:33:12 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-848 It seems vlcx is being updated for the new Delphi 2011 cross compiler any hope that vcl.net will be updated for Delphi Prism. And maybe Delphi Prism will be included in Rad Studio? It seems vlcx is being updated for the new Delphi 2011 cross compiler any hope that vcl.net will be updated for Delphi Prism. And maybe Delphi Prism will be included in Rad Studio?

]]> By: Clóvis Valadares http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Clóvis Valadares Wed, 05 May 2010 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-846 Question for Nick: 1. When we will have a multi-line string? 2. We need a better syntax for closures, like C# or Ruby syntax. Do you talk about this type of syntax evolution in Embarcadero? 3. When we will have regex support in the syntax? 4. When we will have native memory garbage collection? Question for Nick:
1. When we will have a multi-line string?

2. We need a better syntax for closures, like C# or Ruby syntax. Do you talk about this type of syntax evolution in Embarcadero?

3. When we will have regex support in the syntax?

4. When we will have native memory garbage collection?

]]> By: Mason Wheeler http://delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Mason Wheeler Wed, 05 May 2010 22:02:04 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/2010/05/questions-for-nick-hodges/#comment-845 @Meepli: You've got the wrong guy. For those questions you need a preacher, not a R&D Manager. @Mark Schez: The Embarcadero guys have answered that one pretty conclusively already. From everything I've seen on blog posts and forum posts, the next release (D2011/"Fulcrum") will have an OSX compiler and maybe some support for Linux as well. @Meepli: You’ve got the wrong guy. For those questions you need a preacher, not a R&D Manager.

@Mark Schez: The Embarcadero guys have answered that one pretty conclusively already. From everything I’ve seen on blog posts and forum posts, the next release (D2011/”Fulcrum”) will have an OSX compiler and maybe some support for Linux as well.

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