While Team B is busy picking fights on almost everyone who discuss about 64-bits, be it, 64-bit registry issues, 64-bit explorer issues, need for 64-bit, pros & cons of 64-bits, there's very very big issue coming soon.
Ignorance is bliss
Your reviewer will laugh at many Delphi vendors whose 32-bit version could not compete against their 64-bit foes:
1) Registry Cleaners. Hey bro, did you see any Delphi 64-bit registry cleaners? Many Delphi vendors lost out when they could not "fix" 64-bit registry issues.
2) Video/Sound editors. Did you see that cool 64-bit Video/Sound editor that had no 4gigs limitation, could work twice as fast on 64-bit PCs and outsells every stupid 32bit application on the market? This is reality now.
3) Explorer integration. This is self-explanatory. Even the dogs could lick Lazarus sores and using Free Pascal, you could write for 64-bit DLLs...
64-bit Office coming soon
Almost all Add-ins today are built for 32-bits, and with Delphi unable to build 64-bit COM DLLs, many Delphi developers who used Word-COM-integration, Excel-COM, PowerPoint-COM will find they urgently need to move to 64-bit soon...
Cross-Platform, Linux, Mac vs. 64-bits
Which is more important? Making DCG (Delphi Code Generator) back-end for Code Generator emit cross-platform code or 64-bit issue?
Your reviewer thinks 64-bit Delphi compiler will become so important now, if there is no 64-bit compiler, all those fancy business Add-ins with Office Integration will soon go out of business.
When will Delphi/64 be out? Maybe when you don't have any money left
They promised Delphi/64 - 5 years ago, every year - new rants, more complaints (and more TeamB insults). The real truth, nobody cares because everyone is on subscription, whether or not Embarcardero takes 2 or 3 years more, everyone has to pay SA/ or new license (since they no longer honour old discounts). By the time 64-bit Delphi came, all your code-base either move to C#/64bits (most likely), C++/64bits, Python/64, PHP/64bits or unlikely, RealBasic/64bits.
Your reviewer thinks he's like Charlie Frost in 2012 reporting live, about how everyone changed from 32-bits to 64-bits, and stayed behind to broadcast about it, and got killed in the blast.
Think about it, while everyone is moving towards 64-bits, are Delphi developers left behind?
Ignorance is bliss
Your reviewer will laugh at many Delphi vendors whose 32-bit version could not compete against their 64-bit foes:
1) Registry Cleaners. Hey bro, did you see any Delphi 64-bit registry cleaners? Many Delphi vendors lost out when they could not "fix" 64-bit registry issues.
2) Video/Sound editors. Did you see that cool 64-bit Video/Sound editor that had no 4gigs limitation, could work twice as fast on 64-bit PCs and outsells every stupid 32bit application on the market? This is reality now.
3) Explorer integration. This is self-explanatory. Even the dogs could lick Lazarus sores and using Free Pascal, you could write for 64-bit DLLs...
64-bit Office coming soon
Almost all Add-ins today are built for 32-bits, and with Delphi unable to build 64-bit COM DLLs, many Delphi developers who used Word-COM-integration, Excel-COM, PowerPoint-COM will find they urgently need to move to 64-bit soon...
Cross-Platform, Linux, Mac vs. 64-bits
Which is more important? Making DCG (Delphi Code Generator) back-end for Code Generator emit cross-platform code or 64-bit issue?
Your reviewer thinks 64-bit Delphi compiler will become so important now, if there is no 64-bit compiler, all those fancy business Add-ins with Office Integration will soon go out of business.
When will Delphi/64 be out? Maybe when you don't have any money left
They promised Delphi/64 - 5 years ago, every year - new rants, more complaints (and more TeamB insults). The real truth, nobody cares because everyone is on subscription, whether or not Embarcardero takes 2 or 3 years more, everyone has to pay SA/ or new license (since they no longer honour old discounts). By the time 64-bit Delphi came, all your code-base either move to C#/64bits (most likely), C++/64bits, Python/64, PHP/64bits or unlikely, RealBasic/64bits.
Your reviewer thinks he's like Charlie Frost in 2012 reporting live, about how everyone changed from 32-bits to 64-bits, and stayed behind to broadcast about it, and got killed in the blast.
Think about it, while everyone is moving towards 64-bits, are Delphi developers left behind?
3 comments:
Can you provide a link where a 32 bit process cannot connect to a 64 bit COM?
Certainly
https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=31241&tstart=0
The good people at Embarcadero reached a deadend and will never come out with the long promised 64-bit compiler. They will try to milk a bit more the developers with their early update which does not bring any real value then will have to face the reality and close the doors or sell to another company.
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