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Ask HN: Delphi (programming language) quo vadis?

6 points by t312227 11y ago

hi there, as a an older c/java and linux guy who still remembers the "good old" turbo pascal days in the 80 and 90ties: got a job offer today which asked for delphi knowhow -> i thought, delphi is somewhere in "zombie"-state - as a former windows/rad tool replaced by .net/c#, java and whatever - but in the tiobe-language index its [still|again] within the top10 ... any comments/insights!? :) cheers v.

mtmail 11y ago
related previous discussion titled "Delphi – why won't it die? (2013)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543
rgacote 11y ago
Delphi still being developed by Embarcadero. Lots (lots!) of legacy code still out there. Still a great tool for building Windows apps.
jenkstom 11y ago
Free Pascal and The Lazarus Project are great fun to play with if you just want to re-experience the fun of Delphi and Turbo Pascal. In fact, a lot of Turbo Pascal has been completely re-created. This was the first programming language I learned that really allowed me to use the power of a computer, and I have a lot of fond memories.
vram22 11y ago
My 2c: I recently downloaded a trial of Embarcadero's RAD Studio 10 Seattle (I know :). Using the Delphi in it. Only tried it a little so far, but what I tried is quite good. Still quite fast compiling/linking, it seems (though only tried on small projects so far). Also all the other RAD stuff is still good like in earlier versions (thankfully I seem to have avoided a few interim versions which I heard were buggy). Also as mtmail said in this thread, this older post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543 has lots of discussion on it. I had commented there too.
DyslexicAtheist 11y ago
poor Delphi. It's being ridiculed[0] since the start of the millennium (possibly longer) https://thequickword.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/delphi-programming-job-opportunity-could-be-a-hoax/ https://thequickword.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/delphi-program...
- vram22 11y ago
  Poor Delphi? More likely to be the other way around - rich Delphi, and rich Delphi users, due to the speed and productivity it gives. Not to mention rich (original) Delphi developer, Anders, see previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7613543 If Delphi is poor, I'd like to be Delphi :) How many people have and use Maseratis and Porsche's vs. run-of-the-mill sedans?