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Re:Mastering Delphi 5 2025 Annotated Edition Is Now Complete by klipt on Monday March 24, 2025 @01:53PM (#43463642)
> It is incredible that given its heritage, we have had to wait 25 years for .NET to finally provide a similar experience

It's even the same person: Microsoft poached Anders Hejlsberg, creator of both Turbo Pascal and Delphi, to architect .net.

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Re:Mastering Delphi 5 2025 Annotated Edition Is Now Complete by pjmlp on Monday March 24, 2025 @02:32PM (#43464033)
This myth keeps being repeated.

If anyone poached Anders Hejlberg, it was the ex-Borland friends working at Microsoft, under the usual referral program many companies have.

Actual history behind on what happened,

"Anders Hejlsberg: A craftsman of computer language"

https://behindthetech.libsynpro.com/001-anders-hejlsberg-a-c...

And yes that is why .NET not having proper AOT in 2001 was such a disappointment.

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