If more developers had a second look at FreePascal/Lazarus [1], they'd realize they could do pretty much the same thing, but with native compiled speed, minimal

If more developers had a second look at FreePascal/Lazarus [1], they'd realize they could do pretty much the same thing, but with native compiled speed, minimal memory usage (no bundled JREs) on all the desktop platforms. It's graphical GUI builder is out of this world, and it works flawlessly on all three desktop platforms. It did even compile without a single code change on windows, after I finished coding in ubuntu, a utility tool for some researchers in my organization [2]. And about the language ... I finished my utility tool project in 80 hours, from initial concept to happy customer, while learning the language in the process. It is really such a shame that people have so strong aversions against Pascal, for no good reason other than subjective feelings. [1] http://www.lazarus-ide.org/ http://www.lazarus-ide.org/ [2] https://github.com/nbisweden/mdc-file-export https://github.com/nbisweden/mdc-file-export