This is so true. I was blown away by VB6, especially after working with Visual C++ (and MFC). Shortly after I got into VB6 I was turned onto Delphi 7...and nev

This is so true. I was blown away by VB6, especially after working with Visual C++ (and MFC). Shortly after I got into VB6 I was turned onto Delphi 7...and never looked back. For me, Delphi is a superior alternative to VB6 and Visual C++...and I say that as someone that really learned a lot from, and enjoyed using VB6 I still use Delphi to this day and am using a modern release of Delphi (XE7, the latest version). They've added a 64-bit compiler and support creating native OSX, iOS, and even Android applications now too. If you value high performance, easy to develop GUI's, small EXE's with no dependencies, native generics, and awesome DB support, I highly recommend using Delphi. However, to each their own. I know Delphi is not as popular these days, but it really offers programmers huge productivity gains. If you prefer an open-source alternative to Delphi, have a look at the Lazarus IDE which uses FreePascal. The Lazarus IDE is very reminiscent of Delphi 7 and runs on Linux, OSX, and Windows. You can also create native GUI's on all of those platforms as well: http://www.lazarus-ide.org/ http://www.lazarus-ide.org/