VB 6 was my 1st exposure for desktop programming (MSVC was harder). Then I met Delphi 6, and Lazarus. These days, when I want to build cross platform desktop a

VB 6 was my 1st exposure for desktop programming (MSVC was harder). Then I met Delphi 6, and Lazarus. These days, when I want to build cross platform desktop apps quickly, Lazarus is #1 choice. P.S: I don't write desktop apps profesionally anymore, used to write a few in Java Swing and FX.