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Delphi and C# comparison

This Delphi and C# comparison was taken from Dan Miser's blog here.

Features C# has that Delphi doesn't

1. foreach
2. operators using, lock, checked and unchecked
3. block scoped variables
4. case statements with strings
5. assembly internal classes
6. namespaces can span code units
7. implicit array dimensioning: int[] a = new int{1,2,3};
8. ternary operator ( ? : )
9. can use classes from namespaces without importing the whole namespace
10. circular references are possible
11. try..catch..finally
12. assignment operators (+=, ++, -=, etc)
13. multi-file assemblies
14. You don't need to distribute Borland.Delphi.dll

Features Delphi has that C# doesn't

1. sub-range types
2. enums and sets are first-class types
3. class type support
4. virtual constructors
5. virtual class methods
6. class references 
7. nested procedures
8. non-default index properties
9. can defines constant arrays and records
10. resourcestrings
11. default parameters
12. variants
13. arrays with non-integral subscripts
14. sets with more than 64 elements
15. message handlers
16. unions (variant records)
17. untyped parameters
18. const parameters
19. class helpers
20. smart linker
21. named constructors
22. array properties
23. unmanaged exports
24. super fast single pass compiler, compiling any project faster than C#, using less memory at the same time.

So, what are you waiting for? Buy Delphi today!