Nimrod: The Return of Pascal

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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