A welcome new language feature in Delphi 2010 is the introduction of attributes, as previously found in .NET languages. However I am slightly disappointed that the language implementation is also very close to that found in C# and other .NET languages and not more in keeping with what I would consider The Spirit Of Delphi.
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The first two canned videos from last weeks preview of Tiburon have appeared on the CDN site. Of the two, one covers some new language features in C++ Builder, but the one of most interest to Delphi developers I think is the one that demonstrates some of the VCL improvements and changes.
See if you can spot Nick Hodge’s deliberate mistake. At least, I hope it was deliberate.
More videos and sessions should be coming online soon.
Anonymous methods are generating a lot of buzz in the Delphi community right now, being one of the bigger changes heading our way in the forthcoming Tiburon (Delphi 2009), along with Unicode and Generics.
Unlike Unicode and Generics however, the usefulness of anonymous methods is not nearly as clear.



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