Comments on: DirectX 11: GPUs and headers http://galfar.vevb.net/wp/2009/09/directx-11/ Oh hai! Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:08:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marek Mauder http://galfar.vevb.net/wp/2009/09/directx-11/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Marek Mauder Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:25:38 +0000 http://galfar.vevb.net/wp/?p=592#comment-198 I fully agree with you about the benefits of fast dev cycle in Delphi. I still vividly remember working on quite large (5MB of code) C++ project and those long waits for the compiler (some years ago with single core CPU and 256MB memory). Sometimes it could really disrupt my concentration on the problem I was solving. I tried compiling your headers with FPC and identified few issues there. Are you or anyone you know working on getting the headers working with FPC at the moment? Maybe I could help here. I fully agree with you about the benefits of fast dev cycle in Delphi. I still vividly remember working on quite large (5MB of code) C++ project and those long waits for the compiler (some years ago with single core CPU and 256MB memory). Sometimes it could really disrupt my concentration on the problem I was solving.

I tried compiling your headers with FPC and identified few issues there. Are you or anyone you know working on getting the headers working with FPC at the moment? Maybe I could help here.

]]> By: John Bladen http://galfar.vevb.net/wp/2009/09/directx-11/comment-page-1/#comment-195 John Bladen Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:53:38 +0000 http://galfar.vevb.net/wp/?p=592#comment-195 Thanks Marek. I want to help keep Delphi up to date with the latest developments such as DirectX. I have very limited time, but I can do the C++ to Delphi translations quite quickly. (With the Direct3D 11 translations, the main delay was that Microsoft hadn't finished their bit! - see my blog for a workaround). Delphi is a very excellent language and development environment. In particular, it enables small teams (e.g. 1 person) to match or outperform huge teams. I love the quick development cycle - from code change to running application in practically zero time. It means that you can work very fast, and I believe that it is vital if you are going to produce quality code. When working with C++ or VB.Net I truly spend over half my working day waiting for the compiler. Regarding Direct3D, like you I have piles of graphics cards! But I need the computer shaders in Direct3D 11, so I'll be shopping soon. So far I've been impressed with Direct3D 11. All my tests and code conversions have worked pretty much first time. We skipped Direct3D 10 because it didn't offer us anything more than Direct3D 9 and the code conversion was difficult for our large code base. The Direct3D 11 API is similar to Direct3D 10 but is tidier, and also adds many new features. JB. Thanks Marek. I want to help keep Delphi up to date with the latest developments such as DirectX. I have very limited time, but I can do the C++ to Delphi translations quite quickly. (With the Direct3D 11 translations, the main delay was that Microsoft hadn’t finished their bit! – see my blog for a workaround).

Delphi is a very excellent language and development environment. In particular, it enables small teams (e.g. 1 person) to match or outperform huge teams. I love the quick development cycle – from code change to running application in practically zero time. It means that you can work very fast, and I believe that it is vital if you are going to produce quality code. When working with C++ or VB.Net I truly spend over half my working day waiting for the compiler.

Regarding Direct3D, like you I have piles of graphics cards! But I need the computer shaders in Direct3D 11, so I’ll be shopping soon.

So far I’ve been impressed with Direct3D 11. All my tests and code conversions have worked pretty much first time. We skipped Direct3D 10 because it didn’t offer us anything more than Direct3D 9 and the code conversion was difficult for our large code base. The Direct3D 11 API is similar to Direct3D 10 but is tidier, and also adds many new features.

JB.

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