Nimrod: The Return of Pascal

Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by RobAley on Monday October 21, 2013 @05:34AM (#6584382)

Lazarus and Free Pascal have been around for an age, likewise Delphi for even longer. And they're all still here. Pascal adoption may have slowed, but it has always been here and no "return" is necessary.

Nice project though.

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by eli on Monday October 21, 2013 @09:55AM (#6585519)

Wow, I knew about Lazarus but I didn't realize there were still new versions of Delphi coming out. Anyone used it recently?

Delphi got me my first paying programming jobs. I remember when later versions came bundled with Delphi 1.0 so you could still build 16-bit applications with it :)

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by JasonFruit on Monday October 21, 2013 @10:21AM (#6585692)

Recent releases of Delphi have been troubled and a bit directionless; it seems like Embarcadero, the current owners, are understaffed or incapable, and they seem scattered and unable to make consistent strategic decisions.

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by eli on Monday October 21, 2013 @12:06PM (#6586403)

Bummer, but not too surprising. I was puzzled by some of the decisions they made back in the Inprise years.

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by dodyg on Monday October 21, 2013 @12:10PM (#6586432)

Aren't they targeting native Android, IoS, Mac and Windows now?

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by mirkoadari on Monday October 21, 2013 @02:32PM (#6587331)

Delphi is pretty neat for rapid user interface development. If I'm not mistaken then Skype Windows client is based on Delphi.

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Re:Nimrod: The Return of Pascal by telephonetemp on Monday October 21, 2013 @03:44PM (#6587745)

How fast are they compared to Delphi? Fast compiling was definitely one of Delphi's main selling points back in the day.

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