i fully agree! though technically, there is a pretty big dependency there - the .NET Framework... however, Mono supports WinForms on all platforms, and is able

i fully agree! though technically, there is a pretty big dependency there - the .NET Framework... however, Mono supports WinForms on all platforms, and is able to compile everything into one standalone EXE. to be honest, i have not tried either, so i cannot say much about how that works in practice. from my experience with Mono, it can be dangerous. every now and then a new version breaks threading, causing mysterious pauses or crashes, and i've read (i think a text by Ayende) that the GC can also be buggy. but for the stuff that Delphi was good at, for smaller RAD apps, it might be worth a try.