Hello all,

Interesting comments here on two platfroms. Here are my two cents on above mater:

I've been a programer for 10 years now...The first serious programing was with Borland C++ Builder 1 (since i was c fan) this was the one owesome tool.(great IDE, RAD...1 exe deployment). I was thinking to go with Microsoft Visual but after some trying i Borland way more suitable.

Then I started to work in team development, and I had to switch to Borland Delphi. The switch was simple, same vendor, different language. I worked with Delphi until 8 release. We were thinking to upgrade but we found out that 8 release is actually improvement of 7 with NET. Sadly Borland did not have time to finish Win32 support, that is why it only produces .NET.

During this period I was working also with M$ Visual C++, and i still use it.

Sorry if this post is a long one, but my point here is that complier is just a tool. For example if you need to drill something there are like a toons of vendors who supply different tools for this: BOSH, HILTY...etc. The differene between them is a performance and of course the price. Same with programing. Clients does not care which tools you use - They are interested in only one thing - applications that are easy to use and helps them to do their job.

So, if you are thinking to get back to progaming it is better to use newer techology. The .NET C++ is better, but is it worth the upgrade? If you work with .net then Yes. If not, it depends on your financial freedom. If you're have money to invest, or your employer have the money then go for it.

As for the Delphi tool, i have not played with Delphi 2005 yet. I am working with ASP.NET (C#) and what can i say...just another tool that generates an income for my life.

Just my two cents...regards to all...ASmith