I have been using Delphi 7 forever.

I evaluated Delphi xe5 Update 2.

Today, I use Lazarus 1.2 and FPC 2.6.2.

Lazarus/FPC is just better than Delphi.

All development on Mac/Windows is now with Lazarus.

You FPC/Lazarus guys ROCK.

Best wishes for 2014.

md

I would like to second that. Delphi after Delphi 7 is disappointing, bulky and inefficient.
Thanks so much for you guys!

Dennis

Dennis Poon wrote

I would like to second that. Delphi after Delphi 7 is disappointing, bulky and inefficient.

On top of this they created a completely new and incompatible VCL for use with "mobile devices" and even the language itself and its paradigms is modified in an incompatible (and dangerous) way to support this (e.g. by auto-freeing objects). FPC and Lazarus OTOH try to walk on an upgrade path leading to multiple targets (including compiling to Java/Delpvik). While the work is by far not completed, IMHO what we see is rather promising.

Thanks so much for you guys!

+1 (at least :-) )

-Michael

Previous messages says all about!!

Package system of lazarus is the best and more simple to use and install!! If the package has another packages dependencies, lazarus package system is more strong!!

Thanks!! (+ 1)

PS. I want drop the support for Delphi on my open source project...

In fact run time packages would be nice to have. But AFAIK, this is worked on.

-Michael

+1

I last Delphi is (was) 7.
All my new applications are made using FPC/Lazarus.

Regards,
Marcos Douglas

Hi

Few years back I wrote a kinda poem in the fpc lists, which was more like a poke at the ribs of the fpc developers.At times them were bit rude answering to some mails. I reproduce it here for yours enjoyment.

"Some day they gonna tell ya
there was this clone of FreePascal,
and,
twas was called Delphi...
Till then we Shan't be cocky and vain"

regards

Nataraj