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Have you looked at Delphi? Single executable, small size, multi platform if you want it, etc
by chadcmulligan 6y ago
Have you looked at Delphi? Single executable, small size, multi platform if you want it, etc
- boomlinde 6y agoAnd a license that's going to run you at 1700€ the first year and 440€ on renewal. It's spare change for a successful company but I have to wonder if it doesn't hamper adoption, especially when there's a seemingly obvious free and open source alternative like Lazarus + Free Pascal
- chadcmulligan 6y agoTheres a free version of Delphi to https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-download https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/free-dow...
- jksmith 6y agoI'm writing a pretty serious app in FreePascal/Lazarus right now that's working out nicely. At some point, the Delphi cost may be justified, but not right now. Plus, the code injection macros in FPC (Delphi doesn't have) are addictive. I haven't tried on MacOS yet, but the transparent compile ability across Windows/Linux for desktop UI is pretty amazing.
- chadcmulligan 6y agoShould probably look at them again - they were painful to get running last time I looked. Edit: It seems the cross platform is still difficult? particularly iOS, at least compared to using Delphi for iOS
- cchance 6y agoHave you looked at rust?
- chadcmulligan 6y agoYes, it's a nice language. The real advantage of Delphi though is the component library, its the real killer app of Delphi. I find object pascal a bit dated, but the VCL and firemonkey (cross platform component library) are things that make Delphi awesome.
- thijsvandien 6y agoI can see why most would not start a new project in Delphi, but in some regards it's really still unbeatable. Small, self-contained executables definitely is one.