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Re:Pascal for Small Machines by mseepgood on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:19AM (#38611237)
The most popular implementation (by Borland) being closed source and unavailable on Linux during the rise of the FOSS and Linux revolution.
Re:Pascal for Small Machines by squarefoot on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:21AM (#38611737)
They actually made a Delphi port to Linux called Kylix which used WINE as a compatibility layer, but it didn't last long. Nowadays Embarcadero sells only insanely overpriced enterprise Delphi versions, but we now have Lazarus which is not only free but also quite mature.