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Lazarus and Free Pascal have been around for an age, likewise Delphi for even longer. And they're all still here. Pascal adoption may have slowed, but it has al

by RobAley 13y ago

Lazarus and Free Pascal have been around for an age, likewise Delphi for even longer. And they're all still here. Pascal adoption may have slowed, but it has always been here and no "return" is necessary. Nice project though.

eli 13y ago
Wow, I knew about Lazarus but I didn't realize there were still new versions of Delphi coming out. Anyone used it recently? Delphi got me my first paying programming jobs. I remember when later versions came bundled with Delphi 1.0 so you could still build 16-bit applications with it :)
- JasonFruit 13y ago
  Recent releases of Delphi have been troubled and a bit directionless; it seems like Embarcadero, the current owners, are understaffed or incapable, and they seem scattered and unable to make consistent strategic decisions.
  - eli 13y ago
    Bummer, but not too surprising. I was puzzled by some of the decisions they made back in the Inprise years.
  - dodyg 13y ago
    Aren't they targeting native Android, IoS, Mac and Windows now?
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- mirkoadari 13y ago
  Delphi is pretty neat for rapid user interface development. If I'm not mistaken then Skype Windows client is based on Delphi.
- telephonetemp 13y ago
  How fast are they compared to Delphi? Fast compiling was definitely one of Delphi's main selling points back in the day.