I'm sorry, now when I'm re-reading the said article, it looks like what I meant were some related comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13650730 Several people complain that the voids space after Delphi[1] has never been filled in with something that would come close in the speed and easiness of development of desktop applications. [1] not that it doesn't exist, but it doesn't count anymore, mostly because of its exorbitant price