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by mseepgood 922 days ago
The most popular implementation (by Borland) being closed source and unavailable on Linux during the rise of the FOSS and Linux revolution.
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They actually made a Delphi port to Linux called Kylix which used WINE as a compatibility layer, but it didn't last long. Nowadays Embarcadero sells only insanely overpriced enterprise Delphi versions, but we now have Lazarus which is not only free but also quite mature.