>> The final passing is a time to remember the positive things,
>> not to re-open old wounds.
>We all remember the good things even these days
>turboc/pascal from the dos was very easy to use compared to vim or emacs
>it was very quick to get it and start coding , i just say about the
>learning curve
>the same apply to delphi easy to play with and i coded a lot of
>applications in it
>
>Their focus lately was ALM , i don't know what that fuzzy term is but
>is not compilers or
>ide , rad ... or good old tools we know
>Ahh and they still ignored firebird forever it's like we are black
>sheeps or something ....

And PostgreSQL and SQLBase and SQLite and TeraData and
tons of other database engines...

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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