Delphi 12.3 is available

[Brandon Staggs 349]

20 minutes ago, David Heffernan said:

Saying X does not, a priori, make X OK

It is a priori "OK" because they are a private company which can decide how to spend their R&D money and we are free agents that can decide whether or not to subscribe.

 

I don't know a single Delphi developer who doesn't have a heap of legitimate complaints about the product, but I don't know how this is anything other than a step in the right direction. Is it enough? That's up to each subscriber to decide.

 

I also was pretty harsh on them for packing the 64-bit compiler as a top-tier option prior to this (unavailable to Pro level subscribers), but seen in the light of them trying to work their way to a stable 64-bit IDE, I get it.

[Brian Evans 112]

7 minutes ago, Lajos Juhász said:

 

The only exception if you are working with databases that now ship only 64 bit client libraries. Most, if not all, of the modern databases has discontinued the 32 bit client libraries.

Two of the big ones - Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle - still provide and support 32-bit clients. The databases with per server and/or per client license fees have more resources and incentives to keep that support going.

[David Heffernan 2401]

1 hour ago, ToddFrankson said:

So you didn't, and therefore you don't know what they stated about  the 64bit IDE, yet you complain.....

I mean, I did, and I read the what's new. As I said, I think it's pretty poor that they can release software that is so far from being functional. 

[David Heffernan 2401]

1 hour ago, Brandon Staggs said:

It is a priori "OK" because they are a private company which can decide how to spend their R&D money and we are free agents that can decide whether or not to subscribe.

Sure. I can choose not to be impressed. 

 

1 hour ago, Brandon Staggs said:

 

I also was pretty harsh on them for packing the 64-bit compiler as a top-tier option prior to this (unavailable to Pro level subscribers), 

The Win64 bit compiler was available for pro from initial release, XE2

[Dalija Prasnikar 1443]

Just now, David Heffernan said:

The Win64 bit compiler was available for pro from initial release, XE2

Yes, but the new 64-bit compiler is about compiler bitness, not platform. That means that compiler is no longer 32-bit process and can use all available memory on the system.