>> Pascal had its time but I don't think there is much reason to use it now, outside of pure curiosity or wanting to try a historical language.

I use Pascal only for side job/hobby, not for daily work. Lazarus+FPC is still my #1 choice for desktop app (is this still a "thing" in 2023?). No Electron, no JVM etc etc.

For writing web/server/backend stuffs, kinda hard to argue with Go.