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[ronhud]

I have just joined this forum. I am a retired contract programmer in the UK. I taught myself to program in C 22 years ago when I was made redundant at 52 and was fortunate to get a job installing hardware in newspaper offices and programming in 'spaghetti' Basic which was the language the owner of the small co used. I subsequently moved on and used Clipper for a long time on contracts in the logistic industry. I came across Delphi and loved it so whilst using Clipper to earn a living I programmed for my own stimulation in Delphi. I retired about 9 years ago and have been writing a sprawling app concerned with the Stock Market bit by bit.
Ron

[Vswe]

Welcome to CodeCall :D

[WingedPanther]

Welcome aboard! What version of Delphi are you using these days? Have you tried Lazarus?

[TcM]

Welcome to CodeCall

[ronhud]

Hi Winged - I'm using Delphi 5 and haven't look at Lazurus. I only program for my own delight now, OS is Windows XP and I have ordered Windows 7 to install on a seperate boot partition. I am interested to know if Lazurus would offer me any advantages over Delphi 5.
Ron

[WingedPanther]

Lazarus doesn't use the BDE for database connections, which is a huge advantage. BDE sucks, though it was good in its day. For the most part, I find Lazarus and Delphi 5 to be VERY similar (I use Delphi 5 as well). Since Lazarus is free and open-source, it can be tried out with 0 risk :)

[John]

Hey Ron, Welcome to CodeCall!

[ronhud]

Thanks for that Winged. I'm expecting a copy of Windows 7 today which I propose to install as a dual boot. But for the record do you know if Lazarus will run under 7?

I've been very happy with Delphi 5 - it seems to have been the stable point and it's been the best language I've worked with. I started with Borland Turbo C (ideal for a beginner teaching himself C) many years ago and stuck with Borland from then on, I was very sorry to see them move on.

[so1i]

Welcome ron!

[debtboy]

Welcome to the forum :)