Rating:  - A very useful book
This is a book that each Delphi coder must have in his collection. The book covers all the most important feature of object pascal, thread, interfaces and so on...
You must buy it if u need of a reference boook.
Delphi Newbie keep away.
Rating:  - Strickly a Reference
I love ORielly reference books, this follows the pattern of most of them, however I was not able to use it to pick up and learn Delphi, as I wanted to. This is not for the beginner, but I have a feeling it will be a useful reference later.
Rating: - Most referenced book in my library
This a must have book for any Delphi programmer.
Rating:  - Concerned About Organization
Other reviewers have adequately covered the positive aspects of this book -- with which I largely concur -- but I encountered some annoyances with its organization. Lischner has separate sections for the language reference and the many useful functions in the SysUtils unit. To a programmer, this distinction means very little, and I'd much rather see the two combined into a single reference. He compounds this problem by organizing the two chapters in very different ways. The first is alphabetical -- the second divides functions into logical groups. These groups aren't listed in the Contents, and functions in the SysUtils chapter don't even make it into the index! Cross-references are also inconsistent. For example, the SetCurrentDir function in SysUtils rightfully mentions that it is an alternative to ChDir in the language section; but ChDir doesn't make the complementary reference. Bottom line: this book does little to help those programmers who find themselves writing their own functions, only to discover later that they are provided in SysUtils.
Rating: - What's a wonderful book!
A book every serious Delphi developer must have. It's not for beginners, but contains invaluable information not available anywhere else. Author goes deeply into detail and gives accurate and concise answers. Real gem!
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