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Tips to understanding delphi...
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HavocXphere
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Magic formulas are sold out...the kids from Hogwarts bought them all.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
Unfortunately its a bit of a clunky language. But if you know the basics you should be good for most procedural/OO languages regardless of whether it be Delphi or C++.
In fact most of the design patterns I use in Java I actually learnt in Delphi first.
In fact most of the design patterns I use in Java I actually learnt in Delphi first.
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
A record is just a group of variables bunched together for easier handling.
2D Arrays: Think of a grid...like a chessboard. Or that battleship game with the co-ordinates. For 3D arrays think of a rubriks cube...but without the twists.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
Okay, but that isn't Delphi. Its programming in general. Delphi is merely the facilitating language. What you are not understanding are the underlying concepts of any language.
I understand that Delphi is the medium used to teach these concepts; but without fully understanding what it is you're trying to achieve you are going to be unable to implement it in any language.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
And for 4D arrays you can throw in time. So as time changes so does the content
You sound like Bloody Stupid Johnson and the tidy Pie (Pi) problem.
You sound like Bloody Stupid Johnson and the tidy Pie (Pi) problem.
"Organs, bathrooms, monument design, landscape gardening and cooking; there is apparently no start to his talents."
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
"Organs, bathrooms, monument design, landscape gardening and cooking; there is apparently no start to his talents."
Hehehe ;p
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
"Many of the things built by the architect and freelance designer Bergholt Stuttley ("Bloody Stupid") Johnson were recorded in Ankh-Morpork, often on the line where it says "Cause of Death". "