[jillesvangurp]

I think they were very much inspired by Delphi and other Borland products at the time. Delphi was pretty awesome in 1996/1997.

[dragonwriter]

> I think they were very much inspired by Delphi and other Borland products at the time.

Inspired by is an understatement, the connection is more intimate: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg