I want to assemble a list of version related information on RAD Studio/Delphi/C++ Builder related development environments.
Rephrased (thanks David M for the suggestion) the question:
"What is the version-specific data for compilers Turbo Pascal 7 until Delphi XE4?"
Please use the following format when answering. You can put more than one version in an answer:
Company Name
Product Name
Product Version
Delphi Version
BDS Version
Platform targets supported
VERxxx defines
__BORLANDC__ values
RTLVersion values
CompilerVersion versions
DllSuffix Package Version (file suffixes of BPL and DCP files)
HKCU base registry key
HKLM base registry key
Default base installation directories (on x86 and x64 systems)
ProjectVersion value in .dproj files
correlation between File Version and Update/Hotfix number
primary link to on-line documentation
Date of release
Date of latest update/hotfix
Codename
The question is: please provide as much of the above specific items as possible for each product.
I will help editing it into a more/less readable list.
Information of this kind is scattered around the internet, if available at all.
A comprehensive list like this makes it much easier for software developers to cross reference information between different Delphi versions.
Though I'm not limiting this list to other products (Turbo Pascal, Free Pascal, Lazarus, Kylix, C# Builder, Borland Pascal, Turbo Pascal for Windows, etc), my first goal is to get the Delphi list complete.
Though I know this is a bit of an open question, I think it is still warranted here at SO as it is:
a quick way to reach a lot of knowledgeable people in this area of expertise
allows contributors with high enough reputation to keep the Q&A thread clean
It is the reason I want to mark this question as a "Community Wiki": suited for historic material like this.
I will certainly try to keep this Q&A thread clean.
And I'm open to tips on how to make the list more "dense".
A few links I already found that are helpful:
Found a table with Delphi Conditional defines over the Delphi versions/compiler platforms/bitness
Answers in What is the compiler version for Delphi 2010?
Compiler/RTL Version Overview
Borland Compiler Conditional Defines
Delphi Release Dates
Delphi : History Box
Compiler Versions
Predefined Macros
Defines.inc (I need to update this, but CodePlex SVN is broken right now)
jcl.inc, jedi.inc and kylix.inc from JEDI
Two small programs to display versions: Show_BORLANDC_ConsoleProject and
ShowDelphiVersionsConsoleProject to show __BORLANDC__ in C++, and VER###, CompilerVersion and RTLVersion in Delphi.
As a starter, I'll answer for a few versions myself.
I will try making it community wiki answers so others can edit/complete them.