Delphi发展路线 (Borland? Delphi? Roadmap)

[ralf1999]

2006: “Delphi Highlander”

The “Highlander” release will focus on updating the entire Delphi toolset to support .NET 2.0. There will be ongoing work for Win32 Delphi and Win32 C++ (such as unit testing and additional refactorings) but the most of the new work in Highlander will be focused on .NET 2.0. Highlander will add Delphi.NET support for generic types, partial classes, and nullable types, and all WinForms, Web Services, and ADO.NET support will be converted to support .NET 2.0. VCL, BDP, and ECO will all support .NET 2.0 as transparently as possible to minimize migration issues for customers. Delphi Highlander will fully support existing Delphi projects, including existing ASP.NET projects, and will provide seamless project conversion to .NET 2.0.

Highlander will include IDE design surfaces for .NET Compact Frameworks (using VCL.NET on CF), as well as support for transparently developing and debugging 64 bit .NET apps written using WinForms and VCL.NET. In addition, 64 bit code generation will be added to the Delphi native code compliers to support native 64 bit development and debugging. The phased approach to Unicode will continue in Highlander and through the subsequent Longhorn release, with enhancements to both the IDE and VCL runtimes to support Unicode.

The current plan is to release Highlander in calendar year 2006, with tech preview builds available for download by registered Delphi customers shortly after .NET 2.0 is released.

2007: “Delphi Longhorn”

While the transition from .NET 1.x to .NET 2.0 is non-trivial, the next-generation presentation and communication technologies (“Avalon” and “Indigo” respectively) that Microsoft plans for their Longhorn release constitute far more drastic changes for Windows developers, who may face challenges reminiscent of the VB to VB.NET transition. The Delphi release that follows Highlander will help reduce migration issues by providing a VCL for Avalon and by integrating Indigo into Delphi’s cross-tier communications framework (e.g. ECO, BDP, DataHub and DataSync). In particular, support for reverse-engineering of existing applications with Together and deployment of executable models with ECO for Indigo will significantly reduce the complexity of porting existing applications. In addition to supporting Longhorn, Avalon, Indigo, and the WinFX APIs from Microsoft, this release will introduce managed C++ support as well as ECO support for C++, and will continue to add and enhance productivity features applicable across all language personalities and platforms in the studio.

全文:http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,33383,00.html#tocentry4

最近关于DELPHI的谣言特别多,多不属实且造谣者别有用心.DELPHI 2006发布在即,上面是主要特性.
其中提到了最引人猜测的对.NET 2.0的支持和对64 bit .NET的支持.
不过CSDN的编辑好像也有问题,对于BORLAND的官方消息支字不提,却专贴一些混淆是非的流言,不知道
在想什么?

[Adamlee]

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[lextm]

to ralf1999
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"Highlander" is Delphi 2006, Delphi 2006 is "Highlander".
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这个是错误的，DeXter就是Delphi 2006，HighLander是Delphi 2007。希望你加强英文学习，嘿嘿

[lextm]

Borland发布的东西年号都比较好玩，

2004年发布Delphi 2005，
2005年发布Delphi 2006，
所以你要习惯。

[loveWife]

很可惜，2006 不支持。NET 2.0

[ralf1999]

to loveWife:
please attention

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The “Highlander” release will focus on updating the entire Delphi toolset to support .NET 2.0
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"Highlander" is Delphi 2006, Delphi 2006 is "Highlander".