Delphi and Avalon

Back in April I blogged about re-compiling Delphi source code from the 90's into a .NET managed assembly. Delphi (and possibly C++) is the only language I know of that provides this level of support. While many Classic VB developers are porting legacy code to VB.NET or C#, I continue using Delphi code that has been unchanged for more than 7 years.

One of the next big things coming out of Redmond that will affect Windows developers is Avalon, now called the Windows Presentation ~~Framework~~ Foundation. While I image there will be some migration plan for .NET developers, I'm happy to see Borland has plans to implement VCL for Avalon in 2007.

Based on my experience of moving Delphi code to .NET, I'm confident that Delphi code I write today as well as code I've written over the years will require little to no change with I'm ready to adopt the new presentation framework from Microsoft.

posted by Kirby | 05-Oct-2005 1:43 PM | comments (3)

I thought it was Windows Presentation Foundation ;)

posted by BTX | October 6 08:48 AM

Thanks. You're right.

posted by Kirby Turner | October 6 08:52 AM

I too am thrilled by the fact that I use a lot of the same code now that I wrote many years ago in Delphi. My "core routines" of reusable code/objects is so handy in getting a project up and running in a hurry. I can not imagine having to perform major rework with every new release or two. And, yes, I am hopeful Borland will do the right thing with Avalon. Heck, they WERE able to even make Delphi run on Linux (Kylix) for a while -- I REALLY wish they'd get back on that again so my apps would be cross-platform ready in addition to cross-windows-generation ready.

posted by mike | October 10 07:00 PM

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