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Delphi was great. I remember downloading it (pirated obviously) over a 14k connection. It took like a day. The killer feature was that it could build stand lon
by statictype 6y ago
Delphi was great. I remember downloading it (pirated obviously) over a 14k connection. It took like a day.
The killer feature was that it could build stand lone executables with no runtime.
On one hand I really miss those days. On the other hand, what we have today is far superior. Its a great time to be alive for a kid who wants to learn how to program.
- kwanbix 6y agoFor desktop? I am not sure what we have is superior. Unless you count, which was designed by the same guy who did Delphi.
- dragonwriter 6y agoWe might not have better commercial tools for building pixel-perfect UIs for apps that are going to run on a narrow range of devices in terms of capabilities and display sizes. We've got better F/OSS tools for, well, everything else, desktop or otherwise, than the commercial tools of that time, though.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoFrom my perspective, the modern web is mostly a regression: subscriptions or advertising everywhere, frustrating tools for building UIs, etc.
- statictype 6y agoYou don't have to download a pirated IDE for starters. There is a wealth of good open source tools and content.
- nirav72 6y agoyep. This is exactly what attracted me to Delphi. Did a lot of Pascal dev in college with TP. Then tried out VB 3.0 for windows dev. Hated VB because of the performance and having to include the VB runtime. Delphi created a single standalone executable and it was fast. Back in those days, if you wanted close to C/C++ performance without having to learn or deal with the complexities, Delphi was the next best thing.