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NCR is still running ads for a "Senior Delphi Software Engineer." I interviewed with them and they are pretty good people. But, they talked mostly about coding and wanted me to take a coding test (a timed coding test, lol). So, it didn't sound "senior", more like "staff coder." If anyone here considers themselves a programmer, they might find some good Delphi work there. A quick web search will bring up their job ad. NCR used to stand for National Cash Register and I remember doing things with their hardware, way back when I first started in the computer industry. Probably a great company to work for. Again if you view yourself as a coder or programmer, it's probably a good opportunity.

I just went from D10.4 to D11.3 and this was the smoothest installation I've experienced. Installing about 30 extra components (with source 😉) on a huge code base and some components installed with use of GetIt. Nice that source and design can be separate screens again. I also experienced that the IDE is much more responsive and quick. Also tested code compiled to Linux running on Docker with Ubuntu and the PAServer. Just great. Thanks.

Done. https://sourceforge.net/p/gexperts/bugs/314/

Such issues needs to be raised directly with EMBT. Noone here can assist in resolving them.

Thanks very much for all the replies. All the information was highly useful. I am starting my new job in about 3 weeks. I think it is probably very important to work with advice from a consultancy company right from the get go just make sure your not screwing anything up especially if you are new to developing for medical devices.

I've just dug out the old K-Software "renewal" offer, appending it here just for info.

As for the compiler, I am more interested in Embarcadero moving away from compilers they maintain to an open architecture that doesn't depend on Embarcadero developers for improvement at all. But I do not agree that code efficiency is the primary issue. Faster binaries are great. But an IDE that doesn't choke on its own syntax is far more important to me. Editing features that are taken for granted in other IDEs and text editors getting implemented in Delphi impact my daily work far more than a few unused x64 registers.

It is indeed. That is also the reason why a couple of bugs are fixed and features implemented the way they are or not even at all.

The What's New presentation made a point of the number of issues that were fixed for 11.x versions - nearly 3k of them. The amount of issues highlights the need for a change in their development process. The marketing driven release process needs to come to an end, and a quality driven release process to replace it. There are many good developers in the team, but there is not enough time/resource to ensure that quality is the primary goal. There also seems to be developers that write code that really is sub par, but no process that corrects it. Instead, it seems to be, "let's add this cool new feature for the sales guys and release it on this pre-determined date to make sure marketing can maximize their campaigns". That needs to change.

There are plenty of applications created with Delphi, that are conform with 62304. My own application for example. 62304 does not demand the use of certain languages, it does however require extensive documentation. Documentation you should have anyway... Have you read anything concerning this standard? Wikipedia grants us a small glance at the implications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_62304 I would suggest to consult more in depth literature and courses however. The subject is not trivial, especially the risk based decision model, that should be used in almost all aspects of the software life cycle. Auditors or accreditors as you call them, will not read your source code, as that is proprietary to you and your company. They will however read the entire technical documentation. Most important is the market you want to sell your product, if it is Europe, you will need more that IEC 62304. You will need to adhere to the medical device regulation (MDR 2017/745) and that means you'll need to establish a company wide quality management system such as the ISO 13485. And you'll need certification before selling anything. All in all this will swallow up a ton of money before you can even start thinking about generating any revenue.