Vitaliy escribi=F3:
> Timothy J. Weber wrote:
>   =

>>>> I've been using ComPort lately:I used it prior to moving on to AsyncPr=
o. IIRC, occasionally it would =

>>>> just
>>>> stop sending/receiving (with no error or exception thrown). So it woul=
d =

>>>> act
>>>> as if there was nothing connected to the port.
>>>>         =

>> Interesting!  I've had it running 24/7 for months with no problem.
>>     =

>
> On what sort of hardware? AsyncPro problems started appearing after =

> multi-core systems became commonplace.
>
>   =

Nice to read about it, I also use Delphi 7 & Async Pro and haven't had =

any problems with it but
haven't tested it with a multi-core PC yet.  Now I'm warned.
Anyway, Async Pro project is quite live.  I've just visited its site and =

I've seen a 99.1% activity
in the project in the last week.
I think I can wait some weeks before starting thinking into moving to =

something else.
>>> Re: AsyncPro, it seems like setting the port affinity to "CPU 0-only" =

>>> makes
>>> it hang less often.
>>>       =

>> Also interesting, and maybe points to some threading issues.
>>     =

>
> I think so too.
>   =

I remember that I stared using Dejan Crila Cport component but left =

using it due to some thread problems
to on a mono-micro platform.  IIRC it was due to Cport problems with =

threads. =


The multi-thread (mono-micro) capabilities of AsyncPro was the major =

fact choice that made me decide
to choose it over Dejan Crila C-Port .  I could deploy many threads with =

a Serial Port on each without complain.

> Do you think it will be around much longer? One argument I keep hearing, =
is =

> that it's easier to find/hire C# programmers, and that Delphi programmers =

> are jumping ship.
>
>   =

That's a real pity.  I also don't like .NET and C#, I prefer a more =

direct connection to the hardware, perhaps
due to the kind of applications I develop.  I don't like .NET being =

there, that's why I still use Delphi 7.  Is enough
good for me. =


Delphi is a powerful language , with full OOP support.  I found it to be =

also "programmers friendly" and a nice
platform for working with interdisciplinary teams.  Im mainly an =

embedded software developer rather than a high
level programmer, then I use delphi for developing the "connection =

points" between the high level applications
and the low level ones. =


Visual basic was also used by many programmers... The job opportunities =

for Visual basic over Delphi where
10 to 1 (just guessing but it was a lot).  But that doesn't mean that =

visual basic is better... it has serious problems.

Last couple of years I've seen a big increase in demand for C/C++/Java =

programmers for Linux/Unix.  May be this
just something temporary... may be this is a trend.

I'm moving slowly to C/C++ under linux.  I consider it a more serious =

and more stable platform.  What you learn in
the linux/gnu environment always add value to your knowledge.  In the =

microsoft's world, what you learn you have
to almost throw it away within 3 to 5 years when they develop "a new =

tech" and you have to start over...
buying literature, studying, buying new compilers... etc etc  (moving =

the big machine).



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Mauricio Giovagnini (Maunix)
Sitio Web: www.maunix.com.ar

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