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It's over a grand and a half a pop just for the cheapest flavour, nowadays. C++ Builder is the same. * https://embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/del
by JdeBP 8y ago
It's over a grand and a half a pop just for the cheapest flavour, nowadays. C++ Builder is the same.
* https://embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/delphi https://embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/delphi
* https://embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/cbuilder https://embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/cbuilder
There are lower-cost "starter" editions, that however have restrictions on use.
* https://embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/info https://embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/info
The feature matrix is 37 pages long. There's all sorts of stuff in there. For examples: UML is Delphi-only. Some tools for debugging multi-threaded programs aren't in the "starter" flavours. Nor is the ability to debug any process; nor to run until function return; nor for targetting Win64.
* https://embarcadero.com/features/feature-matrix https://embarcadero.com/features/feature-matrix
- askvictor 8y agoDon't know what it's like nowadays; I suspect it's fallen from it's former glory. Nevertheless, if you consider that $1500 is less than a week's salary for a programmer, you just need to work out whether a $1500 tool is going to save you a week of programming time. Back in the day I was using the heavily discounted education edition as I was a poor student; many products still have something like this (for example JetBrains' suite is free for students and OSS projects). But the price itself isn't really that much in the scheme of things.
- askvictor 8y agoDon't know what it's like nowadays; I suspect it's fallen from it's former glory. Nevertheless, if you consider that $1500 is less than a week's salary for a programmer, you just need to work out whether a $1500 tool is going to save you a week of programming time. Back in the day I was using the heavily discounted education edition as I was a poor student; many products still have something like this (for example JetBrains' suite is free for students and OSS projects). But the price itself isn't really that much in the scheme of things. There's also Lazarus - an OSS delphi clone
- JdeBP 8y ago> $1500 is less than a week's salary for a programmer It is pounds, not dollars. And no it isn't.