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> Sometimes I wonder if the failure of languages like these - along with Ada is purely aesthetic one. Delphi was not a failure by _any_ stretch of imagination.
by Galanwe 6y ago
> Sometimes I wonder if the failure of languages like these - along with Ada is purely aesthetic one.
Delphi was not a failure by _any_ stretch of imagination. In terms of RAD, it was only second to VB.
Also keep in mind that a lot of people at the time knew Pascal, in that regard Delphi was completely esthetically pleasant.
- vintagedave 6y agoThese days the best comparison would be Python, perhaps. Not in terms of things like indentation, but conceptually: that is, elegant non-C-style.
- hsitz 6y agoYes. And that "only second to VB" must be in reference to sales. Delphi was way more advanced and usable than VB, from a technical point of view.