Re: winelib: porting Delphi apps

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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:32:32 -0800 (PST)
"Francois Gouget" <fgouget@free.fr> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Frank Joerdens wrote:
> 
> > Just a (probably crazy) thought: What about porting Windoze apps
> > that aren't written in C? I've got a Delphi application that
> > currently runs under Virtual PC under OS 9.2 on an eMac (PPC
> > Processor), which would run much faster without those OS layers in
> > between. I don't really have a clue as to whether this really
> > far-out-whacky or not cuz I am not really a Delphi, or, for that
> > matter, C developer. I just have the Delphi source code for the app
> > in question and do know some Pascal(learned it in school 20 yeas
> > ago).
> 
> Winelib is for C/C++ only. Adapting it to other languages would
> require a lot of work. However for Delphi applications there is a
> ready solution: Kylix!
> 
Kylix works fine for Delphi 6 code, minimum change. Earlier versions
will need conversion as the libraries (and pascal dialect) changed.

Should not be a large task even so.
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