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Delphi. Similar to (inspired) C#, a non-C-style language, has ARC on mobile and Linux, and you can use the same idioms on Mac and Windows until the feature arr
by vintagedave 9y ago
Delphi. Similar to (inspired) C#, a non-C-style language, has ARC on mobile and Linux, and you can use the same idioms on Mac and Windows until the feature arrives for all platforms. Compiles to native. Nice features like RTTI, great UI, database, similar libraries.
Disclaimer: I work for the company that makes it :) FWIW, I joined because I like it so much.
- shakna 9y agoNot to be confused with Arc, which powers HN.
- krylon 9y agoIf only Delphi was not so expensive.[0] Having inherited maintenance of an in-house application written in Delphi, one thing I really come to love about Delphi is that there have been no nasty surprises from the syntax side. This might not sound like much of a compliment, but people who have had to decipher overly clever C or Perl code[1] will probably agree this a huge bonus. [0] I know, there is Free Pascal and Lazarus. I took both for a spin, hoping it might help me get to know Delphi, but Lazarus has crashed on me so frequently I quickly gave up. [1] Or C++, I guess. The only C++ code I have had to look at was really more like C + MFC and was devoid of any excessive cleverness and a marble of clarity. I imagine there are many crawling horrors out there written in C++, but I have never seen one myself.
- vintagedave 9y agoThe Starter version is free unless/until you make revenue. If you're using it at home, hobbyist, for dev until you start actually selling, it's free. The language clarity is part of the language's beauty, yes, definitely agree. It's very nice to work in.
- tomc1985 9y agoWhat about Lazarus? Free, open-source, Delphi-like...