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> and is now trying to apply the ancient tools they were taught somewhere around the time when some fish decided to walk on land because its all they know.

A little bit too harsh. As the article points out Delphi is currently #12 on the TIOBE Index [0]. Above Go for example.

[0] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/



Absolutely too harsh. Remember Pascal was designed to be a learning and teaching language - this purpose is what it was made for.

And Delphi itself was a standout leader in technology, a huge inspiration for C#, and still a key technology used by many people today. It's just not well known. Not well known != ancient.


As I recall, c# was developed by one of the primary designers of object pascal, Anders Jejlsberg, after being poached away by Microsoft. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg)


Yes and Anders Hejlsberg was also the chief architect of Delphi.




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