Delphi still exists and is actively developed
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Delphi still exists and is actively developed
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Re: Delphi still exists and is actively developed
#2I remember, as a kid, looking up examples of malware. Bots and trojans and such. Invariably, much of it was in Delphi. Why was this so?
Re: Delphi still exists and is actively developed
#3I remember, as a kid, looking up examples of malware. Bots and trojans and such. Invariably, much of it was in Delphi. Why was this so?
Simple low-level language, high-quality IDE. Why not.
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#4I miss Delphi.... even though I've got it installed.
I can't bring myself to use it.
The "free" version has a hook in it that just doesn't sit well with me... they want a cut of any money I make with it, on their terms. It's easier for me to ignore it, and just put up with the limited documentation of Lazarus. I miss the days when I could afford Delphi.
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#5I used Delphi years and years ago and it was great for building GUI applications quickly and easily. Much nicer than Visual Basic. I probably wouldn't recognize it now, other than I suppose it's still Object Pascal, which is a very good programming language, all things considered; straightforward, not too fancy, not too dumbed down.
Free edition: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter
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#6I'd love to go back to Delphi and play with it again as I did back in the day, but the price tag kills the mood pretty quickly.
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#7Only the best memories for Delphi.
Re: Delphi still exists and is actively developed
#8I remember, as a kid, looking up examples of malware. Bots and trojans and such. Invariably, much of it was in Delphi. Why was this so?
Simple low-level language, high-quality IDE. Why not.
Calling RAD Studio a high-quality IDE seems like a stretch to me. I would choose VS Code or a JetBrains product any day of the week. Unfortunately you a kinda stuck with it when developing in Delphi.
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#9For me when Borland became Embarcadero, it seemed like it lost it’s scrappy hacker ethos.
Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, Delphi, C++ Builder were all very innovative products that catered to the individual developer. The Embarcadero rebrand seems like a turn towards Enterprise.
For me now, JetBrains is the new Borland, a scrappy company with a strong focus on what individual developers need and consistently turning out excellent software.
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#10I still have the feeling it's the most productive way to create beautiful native Windows desktop programs.
Rapid application development is not an empty promise here.
All my other endeavours with UI programming (Java/Swing, HTML/JS frontends, QT) felt way less productive. Maybe MS C# is the closest to Delphi nowadays.