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1. Delphi and its community 2. OptiPerl http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html Though both are still available

1. Delphi and its community 2. OptiPerl http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html Though both are still available, not in use.

xvilka 10y ago
As I mentioned already - Lazarus + FreePascal for the 1st one.
yoodenvranx 10y ago
Delphi was awesome for rapid GUI development! It was so easy to get reasonable nice programs in a short amount of time. I really really miss it.
- ak39 10y ago
  Delphi still exists. Shouldn't be on the list anymore than any new JS framework flavour du jour.
  - saganus 10y ago
    Probably more about its dwindling presence, and even when it's still used in some industries it's nowhere near the spotlight levels it had before I think.
- lj3 10y ago
  Have you ever used Lazarus? I'm curious how it compares to Delphi specifically for GUI development. From a rapid GUI development standpoint, they seem to be the only game in town aside from VisualBasic.
  - ziotom78 10y ago
    I used it for a small project where I needed a quick way to plot some lab data. I chose Lazarus because these data needed to be displayed on all the computers in our lab, including a few Windows machines. I was amazed when the program I developed on Linux compiled and ran flawlessly on Windows at the first attempt!
saganus 10y ago
I miss Delphi as well even though I never got to use it for anything professional as I was very young at the time. However I do remember very fondly how I came to know about Delphi 2 (or 3?). Somehow I met this guy in ICQ and started talking about programming and about these (back then) very popular programs for "hacking" your friends: Back Orifice, Netbus, Sub7, etc. when he then says that he's actually developing his very own trojan tool called "Hacker's Paradise". Long story short, at some point he sends me the source code and starts to explain to me how it works. Some time later time he realizes that there's much more future in actually developing a tool for sysadmins so he renames the tool "Master's Paradise"[1] and starts trying to sell it. Sadly, I never knew or heard from him again, but I love that story because I was around 10 or 12 at the time and it seemed like magic to me be able to open the Delphi editor, drag and drop some buttons and have a fully functional Windows program at my fingertips. Just beautiful. Also, the fact that I was getting source code from a stranger over the internet for a tool that would do such "magical" things as opening and closing the cd-rom tray of whoever you had the chance to infect, made me feel like part of the super elite hacker world (ha!). [1]Now classified by antivirus programs not as a virus but as a backdoor tool: https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/paradise.shtml https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/paradise.shtml

1. Delphi and its community 2. OptiPerl http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/features.html Though both are still available, not in use.

xvilka 10y ago

As I mentioned already - Lazarus + FreePascal for the 1st one.

yoodenvranx 10y ago

Delphi was awesome for rapid GUI development! It was so easy to get reasonable nice programs in a short amount of time. I really really miss it.

ak39 10y ago
Delphi still exists. Shouldn't be on the list anymore than any new JS framework flavour du jour.
- saganus 10y ago
  Probably more about its dwindling presence, and even when it's still used in some industries it's nowhere near the spotlight levels it had before I think.
lj3 10y ago
Have you ever used Lazarus? I'm curious how it compares to Delphi specifically for GUI development. From a rapid GUI development standpoint, they seem to be the only game in town aside from VisualBasic.
- ziotom78 10y ago
  I used it for a small project where I needed a quick way to plot some lab data. I chose Lazarus because these data needed to be displayed on all the computers in our lab, including a few Windows machines. I was amazed when the program I developed on Linux compiled and ran flawlessly on Windows at the first attempt!

saganus 10y ago

I miss Delphi as well even though I never got to use it for anything professional as I was very young at the time. However I do remember very fondly how I came to know about Delphi 2 (or 3?). Somehow I met this guy in ICQ and started talking about programming and about these (back then) very popular programs for "hacking" your friends: Back Orifice, Netbus, Sub7, etc. when he then says that he's actually developing his very own trojan tool called "Hacker's Paradise". Long story short, at some point he sends me the source code and starts to explain to me how it works. Some time later time he realizes that there's much more future in actually developing a tool for sysadmins so he renames the tool "Master's Paradise"[1] and starts trying to sell it. Sadly, I never knew or heard from him again, but I love that story because I was around 10 or 12 at the time and it seemed like magic to me be able to open the Delphi editor, drag and drop some buttons and have a fully functional Windows program at my fingertips. Just beautiful. Also, the fact that I was getting source code from a stranger over the internet for a tool that would do such "magical" things as opening and closing the cd-rom tray of whoever you had the chance to infect, made me feel like part of the super elite hacker world (ha!). [1]Now classified by antivirus programs not as a virus but as a backdoor tool: https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/paradise.shtml https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/paradise.shtml