Advantages: Very cheap, Powerful, RAD compatible
Disadvantages: Can't distribute applications, No Help file compiler

...I have just finsihed writing a fairly major program, as part of my third year Computer Science degree course. It consisted of a total of 6000 lines of code, which for a program written by one individual is a fair amount. I undertook this development in the Delphi 4 programming environment. The choice of this was for two reasons. The first, and most important, was the applicability of the language to the program that I was writing. Secondly, it's free! OK, technically it is not free. Delphi 4 is now available as a 'Trial' version, which I aquired on the cover of a PC Pro magazine, back in Novemeber last year (Nov2000). The license does have several restrictions on it, such as the applications being produced must only be used personally, and not distributed comercially. Fair enough, after all it is free. Delphi 5 (and any new versions... Read review

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Advantages: Magnificent views, well preserved ancient city
Disadvantages: Spread over a large slopping area which can be tiring

...by the youths of Delphi for their education and practice. It was constructed in two levels: on the upper was a stoa and a free open space used for running practice, and on the lower was the palaestra, the pool and the baths. The Treasury of the Athenians, a mall building in the Doric order, was built by the Athenians at the end of the 6 BC to house their offerings to Apollo. The Polygonal wall, a retaining wall for the temple of Apollo is inscribed with the names of freed slaves. The Temple of Apollo itself is suitably impressive with Doric columns still standing. The Altar of the Chians. in front of the temple, was paid for and erected by the people of Chios, was made from black marble except for the base and cornice which were white marble. The result is a beautiful contrast. The altar was restored in 1920. The 4c BC Pythian theater... Read review

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Advantages: Has something for everyone. Is easy to join
Disadvantages: Difficult to learn how to navigage. Slow loading. Too many ads

...I started using Delphi.com when I joined PaidMania, a downline club. At the time PaidMania used the Delphi Forum for their members to learn about the program, receive information about other pay-to programs and to get acquainted with others in the program. At first Delphi.com seems easy to use. You can browse from a list of categories, or enter a piece of text to do a search. Either will present you with a list of forums from which to choose, and you simply click on the link in order to check out the forum. At the forum interface, which is done with frames (which I don't like), the default view is hard to figure out and lacks functionality. Switching to the advanced view, you can see a list of discussion threads. There are links to click on in order to post, view a visitor list, invite someone to the forum, or search that are all... Read review

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Advantages: Better support for new components than before
Disadvantages: Automatically builds with run time packages

...I first bought Delphi 3 after I had been using Delphi 1 off a cover disc magazine. I found Delphi 1 so easy to start using that I bought Delphi 3 because I wanted the updated features for Win95 and upwards. In my opinion Delphi 3 is excellent for a beginner programmer because you can get your first program up and going in seconds but is also good for the more experienced programmer giving more power to the programmer than visual basic. One thing I was wary of when I changed from Delphi 1 was the fact that Delphi 3 is automatically configured to build with run time packages, so when distributing my first program I realised that half the files to make it run were not present (annoying to say the least. But I still maintain that Delphi 3 is an excellent choice for new and old programmers.... Read review

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Advantages: Free if you can find it. More powerful than VB.
Disadvantages: Slightly harder to learn than VB, but not much.

...Why bother with Delphi? Why not go straight to Visual Basic? Well, for a start VB will cost you money, even the standard edition, whereas if you look around you can find Delphi 3 on certain cover disks. My copy, from PC PLUS March 2000, is the professional edition with all the extra web tools. VB's easier to program isn't it? This is a falacy. VB is based on the BASIC language and Delphi is based on Pascal. BASIC is slightly easier to understand but if you can master BASIC then Pascal will be a walk in the park. Pascal can do everything that BASIC can do and more. Creating Forms is just as easy in Delphi as it is in VB. The compiled code runs faster than the VB equivalent and the error detection is first rate, which is more than I can say for VB. If you seriously want to try a language then get hold of Delphi and have a go... Read review

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Advantages: A Vast range of subjects, Easy to use, Chat-rooms
Disadvantages: Nothing

...Quite a while ago, I signed up for Delphi Forums, and they where not much cop, as a matter of fact, they where pretty plain and not much going for the site, but recently after reading Keith “Flashpointz” opinion on them and also getting recommended to them by Keith, regarding information on Paid to Surf Programs, I thought I would give them another try. WOW, were my first thoughts, how things have improved dramatically and the ammount of changes and added options are very noticeable straight-away. What are Delphi Forums? Well a lot of you who use the Yahoo Forums as well as other Forums, will have a firm idea what Forums are, and what use they are, but for those who don’t really know, A Forum is basically a site or a community, where you go and find first hand information about virtually any subject you desire... Read review

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Advantages: Very versatile, and extremely friendly place to go.
Disadvantages: Occasional technical problems.

...I first logged on to Delphi when I was dissatisfied with my old web community and asked people where else they went, and they suggested here. I chose a name and registered, which only takes a few minutes, and I went to look around. In the chatroom, I was astounded by the level of friendliness and the users' willingness to get to know you. If you are someone who is fed up of going to a chatroom and being ignored, then this is the place for you. I was greeted whenever I entered a room, and made to feel welcome everywhere. Delphi is different from many web communities in the way that you can set up your own forum, private or public, as a family and friends meeting place or to find people with a particular interest and talk about it. Your forum contains your own chatroom area (which is linked to the public one, and very helpful... Read review

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Advantages: EVERYTHING is there!
Disadvantages: down from time to time, but up and running soon enough

...Delphi Forums supplies you with a treasure of information. More sorums than I can count, it touches on every subject. From soapmaking to taxes, from coupon collecting to law. If you have a question, go to a busy forum and ASK. people are willing, able and eager to help you. There are also sites where it's just friendship... Internet cyber pubs with an irish feel, people coming together at a forum on their favourite music or TV show (Yes, in a few forums people even speak Klingon.). It's all there. Eventhough Delphi has it's problems, mainly due to it's popularity and the consequential high traffic, the forums are diverse and convenient, easy to find and a great place to make new friends. Have fun!... Read review

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Advantages: Rich, varied site with variety of ruins, an excellent museum and outstanding views
Disadvantages: Crowded, abundance of tour groups especially in the lower levels of the main site and the museum

...was excavated by the archaeologist of the French school (original panels in French and Greek only are still present round the site), and English is included for its obvious lingue-franca role; though I found strange that there was no descriptions in German, considering how many of the tourists in Greece and in Delphi as well were from that country. The museum is arranged in a chronological order and virtually every room contains something of interest: from the early Mycenaean stripy female figurines made from terracotta to a silver bull with gilded horns and hooves to a beautiful sphinx (my 4 year old was fascinated by that) seated gracefully on a high Ionic column, to the highlight of the collection, the famous Charioteer, a bronze (now covered in green patina) and an undoubted masterpiece in what is called the severe style. His curls and folds... Read review

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Advantages: integrated, fast
Disadvantages:

...Delphi is a professional software development tool and fully object oriented. It is dangerously easy to use - see the other reviews - but it is also perfectly suited to professional software development. Many companies have generated millions of pounds worth of sales using Delphi. It has an excellent IDE (development environment) and a full set of components to cover just about everything. Personally, I would go for version 5, version 4 if you are touch about getting to close to the cutting edge (:-)). There are three versions, the basic 'magazine cover' version is good for hacking, the professional version is pretty much the entry level and client server is a must for bigger companies and database work. It also has the fastest compiler in the business.... Read review

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