January 8, 2014
A new year has started, and I'm back linking a few Delphi blog posts I liked. Plus voting on code2013 is still running.
A new year has started, and I'm back linking a few Delphi blog posts I liked. They are kind of assorted links:
The other thing I wanted to mention is that voting on code2013 (see my recent post) is still running. Delphi is now at
734
votes, many times those it got last year (but in absolute terms and in percentage and position compared to other languages), 2 votes short of Scala, and 100 votes short of Objective-C. Let's see if we can make it even better than the current 13th position.
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Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
Great bunch of blog posts.
Already voted on #code2013 - but it just proves the
naysayers who believe Delphi is dead wrong.
I'm looking forward to seeing Delphi continue to grow in
the year ahead!
Comment by Simon on January 8, 17:13
Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
By the way, now Delphi got past Scala, with 738 votes, at the 12th
position.
Comment by Marco Cantu
[http://www.marcocantu.com]
on January 8, 17:33
Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
@Simon The entire Delphi blogosphere is attempting to
turn people out to vote. I haven't seen this occurring
with other languages, so it really doesn't prove
anything one way or the other. Specifically because
smaller entities have a smaller selection of more
centralized news outlets and more of a compelling
interest for representation, less popular elements tend
to be over-represented and more popular ones under-
represented in self-selected surveys.
Stats for Github are available and Delphi was #39 in
new projects created in 2013, down from #34 in 2012.
Gauging the current state of Delphi would require many
more metrics.
Comment by Joseph on January 8, 20:26
Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
Joseph, it is true we have asked Delphi users to vote, but I saw that in
other (smaller) communities. And we did it also last year, with much less
success... Still numbers are significant.
Different languages have different ratio of open source projects and
different preferred repositories, so while a Github measure is a good
indicator, it is highly debatable if it represents actual developers for a
language. But ultimately I agree with you that "gauging the current state
of Delphi would require many more metrics". I didn't imply code2013 is
the ultimate reference, for sure.
But it is also nice to have some numbers again the naysayers claiming no
one is using Delphi any more.
Comment by Marco Cantu
[http://www.marcocantu.com]
on January 8, 23:13
Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
Update on the code2013 contest: By mistake they were counting
duplicate entires by the same account, did a new total, and Delphi is
again behind Scala. Still, numbers are great and much higher than last
year...
Comment by Marco Cantu
[http://www.marcocantu.com]
on January 11, 08:09
Some New Year Delphi Blog Posts
Delphi is really a much greater tool since Embarcadero
is in charge (Anonymous method, generic, FMX) and you
can be really productive but the actual metrics
(Ranking in TIOBE index) play against Delphi. That is
why I rewrite my Post "Delphi programing" is great
because it is exactly what really matter for the Tiobe
index
(http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm).
My opinion is that a programming language to be
popular must be free. I am not saying that Delphi must
be free, but at leat a command line compiler (without
VCL, FMX, Database suport) especially for LINUX should
be make available for free for example for ARM
Platform like Raspberry Pi. Delphi programming must be
free! It would enable teachers and students to develop
libraries and web services. It is OK for company to
pay for FMX, VCL, database or Cloud support. These are
things they really need and it increases their
productivity, but teachers or students can only
invest their time.
At school a student may have 40 or 80 hours to learn a
programming language. It does means that they have
time to learn "object pascal" or the much more
powerfull Delphi dialect but not FMX, VCL, AZURE or
AMAZON cloud service. Nevertheless, if a student did
learn to code in Delphi non visual libraries at school
and enjoy it, he will likely continue to code at home
and made cool front end applications (with the low
cost starter Edition).
Comment by Alexandre Jacquot on January 11, 12:45
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