Re:24 years of Delphi and Delphi 10.3.1 is out Today
by int_19h on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:34AM
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C# and Windows Forms was a spiritual successor to Delphi in many ways, IMO. E.g. VCL had TObject <- TComponent <- TControl, WinForms had Object <- Component <- Control ...
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Re:24 years of Delphi and Delphi 10.3.1 is out Today
by ak39 on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:46AM
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Event(Sender: TObject) type of thing is everywhere in C# now.
Also, to add to your point: The TDataset MVC architecture was light years ahead of its time:
TVisualControl -> TDataSource -> TDatasetDescendant
Everything just fits in snugly.
Whoever thought of that architecture at Borland in the early days (1990s) deserves a legacy trophy truly!