From: Chris Ross Date: 2002-06-22T03:11:06+09:00 Subject: Re: (OT) Right Tool [Re: Why is I/O slow?] On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 02:33:16AM +0900, Massimiliano Mirra muttered... : On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 10:15:22PM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote: : > I disagree about the 'powerful programming environment'; : > I find that most Windows IDEs (even VS, sadly) are superior to any : > extant Linux IDE excepting Kylix, and in most cases, I find an IDE : > to be preferable to the alternative. It is, however, a functional : > environment, and one can get the job done without too much trouble. : : As a personal note: I had two years of experience in Delphi, and after : I had migrated to Linux and was looking forward to put them to use : through Kylix, I tried Emacs and stumbled upon Ruby. Delphi was [and still is] fantastic. I got my teeth really dirty with it about 5 years ago and fell in love with it. The best bit was playing with event driven object based [and gui] development. : It took me one afternoon to throw those two years in the garbage. : : Now, less than a year later, I've accomplished more than I had done in : those years and there's no way in the world I'd go back. It's all about the right tool for the job. If i want to whip up a silly little gui tool for windows, Delphi rocks. If i want to do X then Y rocks and so on. Granted Pascal does feel a little kludgy now. But thats choice :) Regards, Chris -- Chris Ross (boris) chris@darkrock.co.uk | ctr@ferite.org http://www.darkrock.co.uk | http://www.ferite.org "I dont suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it..."