Kylix reality (was: Python is a gem, you need to keep pushing it ....)

[Thomas Weholt]

My last attempt at Kylix was awful. It was version 1.0, don't know what the
current version is. But the IDE felt messed up. Windows kept disappearing
behind other windows and to just it running we had to patch and screw around
with a bunch of things. A major dissapointment.


"delphiro" <delphiro at zonnet.nl> wrote in message
news:mailman.1057323066.3751.python-list at python.org...
> > How is Kylix "nasty and not-so-friendly"?  I
> > generally think of it as rather polished and
> > useful.
>
> We (the company I work for) have a lot of problems with Kylix.
> On RedHat 9 debugging threads crashes Kylix, on Debian
> Woody the C++ compiler crashes with any compilation and there
> are more crashes, even on 'certified' linux disrtibutions.
>
> It just seems like Borland only supports older Linux distributions
> and does not want to release patches for newer RedHat / Suse /
> Mandrake releases. Apart from that I think it should work on
> *any* linux distribution not just the 'major' ones.
>
> The IDE also is kind of sloppy (based on Wine) and feels akward
> when you are used to the Delphi IDE (there seems to be a slight delay
> between a keypress and the action that should happen, even on a PIII-900).
> Personaly I think the Kylix IDE could improve a lot if the code was
native.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think it is great that Borland takes linux
> seriously and compiled Kylix applications run perfectly but
> the product needs a lot of polishing before becoming
> as smooth as it is for the Windows platforms.
>
> Rob
>