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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by karlakush on Saturday March 09, 2019 @03:21PM (#19348244)
Nobody writes Delphi so it would be difficult for the client to maintain their software if their relationship with the original author ever ended.
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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by indecisive_user on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:46PM (#19349029)
Yup, I don't blame the client at all for rejecting a Delphi contractor.

Where I live it would be easier to just start the project from scratch than to try to find someone proficient in Delphi to maintain it

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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by devit on Saturday March 09, 2019 @07:14PM (#19349404)
Just find any decent programmer and have them learn Delphi as needed?

I mean, a lot of people program in a language they aren't familiar with because it has the best ecosystem for a given job or because the open source project they are modifying is written in that language.

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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by bwilliams on Saturday March 09, 2019 @07:30PM (#19349463)
That's an option, but I can't imagine many folks would want to learn Delphi and continue to invest their time into it unless the money is worth it.
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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by ransom1538 on Monday March 11, 2019 @10:15AM (#19359104)
"Just find any decent programmer and have them learn Delphi as needed?"

That is big money.

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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by Theodores on Saturday March 09, 2019 @06:27PM (#19349217)
I just read the marketing material for Delphi and I beg to differ. I thought Delphi was a curiosity last heard of in 1993. How wrong I was.

According to the tick boxes you can rapidly develop for any platform and deploy everything without waiting around. I have no idea why anyone would want to develop in anything else. If the client could not find a developer to take on the project they could be up and running pushing all the features by teatime.

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Re:“No, we’re telling everyone we are using Java” by nickpsecurity on Saturday March 09, 2019 @07:00PM (#19349349)
On top of it, there's a Delphi-compatible, FOSS IDE and compiler to use instead:

https://www.lazarus-ide.org/

It has an active community. I don't know how big it is, though.

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