Hello,

No I won't be pascal-ing. So I think I can narrow list as follows :

drop wxwidgets - lack of OO
drop Lazarus - no pascal-ing

keep python : did some tests and liked it but how about large scale
applications? Need to do more tests on transaction control for 7/24
multi user application support

test C++ : can be learnt quick enough ?

java : how fast can an application developed compared to delphi?

In fact I have to port only user interfaces, because business logic is
mainly handled on Firebird using stored procedures and triggers.

Anything am I missing?

Thanks.

Nando Dessena wrote:

>are these two both requirements or rather the former is "derived" from
>the latter? IOW do you need to change language for reasons you haven't
>stated or would you like to keep pascal-ing? If so, as Marius has
>pointed out, FPC and (to a lesser extent) the Lazarus IDE are pretty
>much usable right now. And you could port the code more easily.
>
>If you prefer to change language, I suggest you forget about C and
>concentrate on Java, Python, C++ (in ascending order of supposed
>difficulty for one who comes from Delphi). About GUI toolkits, I have
>to say that wxWidgets lacks a lot of OO features, but it works and
>it's solid.
>
>Ciao
>
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