Tower of Hanoi, Recursion
The problem of ‘Tower of Hanoi’ is a very classic problem/puzzle that is often used to teach recursion in Computer Science. The problem can be described as moving a …
Floating Point Optimization Comparison in Delphi 2007 and XE3
March 25, 2013
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This article will compare the floating point performance based on the following piece of Pascal code, between the Delphi 2007 and XE3 to see the difference at different configurations …
Trick: Count the Number of API in COM
March 24, 2013
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Delphi is a handy tool to develop the COM (Component Object Model) DLL. A *_TLB.pas will be generated by the compiler automatically from the *.tlb (Type Library File) which …
The Inline Keyword in Delphi
The inline keyword in Delphi is a powerful optimization feature that instructs the compiler to replace a function or procedure call with its actual code, eliminating the overhead of …
Get Started: Unicode in Delphi XE3
March 21, 2013
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Delphi has moved to the era of Unicode. From Delphi 2009, the string type is in fact a UnicodeString instead of AnsiString. How is this going to affect the project migration? I have a ongoing …
Data Types in Delphi XE3, Win32 and Win64
March 17, 2013
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The Delphi has been out of the mainstream programming languages for a while. It is not because it is not good. There are many reasons that it is not …