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I think Delphi got caught out by the coupling of the IDE and the need to support that maintenance - GNU C++ was a shot across the bows, but when Java came that

by sgt101 6y ago

I think Delphi got caught out by the coupling of the IDE and the need to support that maintenance - GNU C++ was a shot across the bows, but when Java came that business model sank. Unfortunately. Pascal and decedents have a lot going for them.

noir_lord 6y ago
The pricing model was weird as well. For commercial development it was either cheap or hugely expensive there wasn't much in the middle - that was the norm when it was created but they failed to react to the move to a different pricing model during it's heyday.
- benibela 6y ago
  And it is not open-source Nowadays most people refuse to pay for languages at all, when there are open-source languages.
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    Yet they expect to be paid.