{"id":418,"date":"2008-10-02T22:22:20","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T10:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2008-10-02T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T10:22:44","slug":"a-timely-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/418\/","title":{"rendered":"A Timely Poll?"},"content":{"rendered":"[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span>

I’ve been thinking for some time about the direction that the Delphi variant of Pascal is heading, and have had this poll in my back pocket for a couple of weeks.\u00a0 Just recently the topic has become rather prominent in the NGs, and I myself just logged a language change suggestion.<\/p>\n

So I thought now might be a good time to “Pop The Question”, hence this weeks poll: How should new language features be introduced to Delphi?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You only get to choose one response this week. Choose wisely.<\/p>\n

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[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span> I’ve been thinking for some time about the direction that the Delphi variant of Pascal is heading, and have had this poll in my back pocket for a couple of weeks.\u00a0 Just recently the topic has become rather prominent in the NGs, and I myself just logged a language change suggestion. 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