Re: Migrating from Delphi....

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From: C# Learner (csharp_at_learner.here)
Date: 04/29/04


Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:55:04 +0100

Mark Broadbent wrote:

> That is a real shame. I bought Delphi 1 too with my hard earned
> pennies -although I never really spent enough time with it I thought it was
> a great product (version 5 was pretty good too).

Myself, I've used several versions of Delphi, with the latest being
version 7. It's a great language/framework and the Win32 version is a
very attractive alternative to (V)C++/MFC, IMO.

> Where are all these C# jobs then? Im looking for something that can expand
> my skills (hopefully with ado programming) but not expect me to be an C#
> wizard. Im in UK cambridge but dont see too many jobs in C# mostly C++.

IIRC (from reading his web site), Jon Skeet's in Cambridge. Maybe he
could hook you up? :-P



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