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by Gargoyle 3159 days ago
Delphi is the one the surprised me most. Primarily because I can't remember the last time I even encountered it.
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meredydd 3159 days ago
I'm going to guess that's because using Delphi today means "legacy Win32 project I deeply resent maintaining".

The general principle of a programmable RAD with a nice IDE and a visual designer is still very popular. I'd wager Delphi would also appear on a list of "most-missed" languages, because using Delphi back then meant a pretty nice developer experience.

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vintagedave 3158 days ago
Nowadays it can be used for cross-platform dev too: iOS, Linux, Android, macOS.

Still a pleasant language to use, IMO :)

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