I did an awful of Delphi in the nineties, but the closed nature and the lack of portability failed to keep me interested in the long run. Lazarus/Free Pascal, f

I did an awful of Delphi in the nineties, but the closed nature and the lack of portability failed to keep me interested in the long run. Lazarus/Free Pascal, for some reason, has never really managed to ignite any passion, and it's not because I haven't tried. Except for the lack of IDE/RAD, a worthy present successor is Nim. There really is no end to the potential of this clear, cool, concise, modern, fast, and elegant language.