Looking at the activity on the Free Pascal compiler[0] compared to some other, non-dead languages like Crystal[1], I would say Pascal isn't dead. They had a ma

Looking at the activity on the Free Pascal compiler[0] compared to some other, non-dead languages like Crystal[1], I would say Pascal isn't dead. They had a major release to their most popular IDE just a few weeks ago[2]. A lot of these projects built with FP aren't as visible in the HN community, because they related to different hobbyist fields, aren't keystone components in the startup ecosystem etc. But they for sure exist. [0] https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/activity https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/activity [1] https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/activity https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/activity [2] https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,65631.0.html?PHPSESSID=p1d7epflmng2b7o4ul4ts600m5 https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,65631.0...