Have you tried Xojo (used to be called REALbasic)? It's the closest I've found to Delphi, especially in that it builds & deploys really easily (eg no Java runt

Have you tried Xojo (used to be called REALbasic)? It's the closest I've found to Delphi, especially in that it builds & deploys really easily (eg no Java runtime required, feels native, never feel like I'm fighting with the compiler and my tool-chain). I haven't played enough with Lazarus to see how they compare though, it looked promising too.