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Re:TIOBE Index March 2018 – Ruby replaces Delphi in top 10 by hzhou321 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:53PM (#16546630)
> Delphi ...

I just started picking up pascal again, freepascal to be specific.

I started with pascal in school, quickly moved to C, then C++; As I gain experience and wisdom, I migrated back from C++ to C. I just discovered freepascal this year, and has been enjoying pascal again. Pascal is just like C, but cleaner.

Re:TIOBE Index March 2018 – Ruby replaces Delphi in top 10 by ahtu123 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:58PM (#16546665)
Wow do people still use these languages enough for them to be in the top 20? I wrote a lot of Pascal after Basic and some Delphi when it came out but I haven't heard anything about either in like 15-20 years.
Re:TIOBE Index March 2018 – Ruby replaces Delphi in top 10 by hzhou321 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:18PM (#16546823)
The thing about language popularity is mostly about its ecosystem -- libraries, teachers, friends, and corporations behind them. However, all ecosystem are transient in nature, and all code that interwines and depends on a ecosystem will go with it in time. I guess that is why as I get older, I find myself more attracted to classical languages that do not have much ecosystem anymore. It makes my code to feel less mortal in a sense.