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Is delphi dying?

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Re: Is delphi dying?

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  > Is it good to start learning delphi now?
That depends.

Do you want to build new software? If yes, look elsewhere.

Do you want to maintain or port old small business software and possibly make large sums of money? Then it might be worth learning Delphi.

Otherwise, Delphi is dead. But I do know of at least one programmer (albeit with excellent personal marketing skills) who learned RPG and became a multi-millionaire taking RPG contracts long after it was considered "obsolete".

Re: Is delphi dying?

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> Is it good to start learning delphi now? That depends. Do you want to build new software? If yes, look elsewhere. Do you want to maintain or port old small business software and possibly make large sums of money? Then it might be worth learning Delphi. Otherwise, Delphi is dead. But I do know of at least one programmer (albeit with excellent personal marketing skills) who learned RPG and became a multi-millionaire…

I know a Cobol programmer who did (is doing) something similar.
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