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by wongarsu 592 days ago
Delphi is still around and filling a niche for boring business apps where usability, accessibility and quick UI development is more important than following design trends. You won't get any VC money for Windows XP styled apps, but if you make industrial hardware and need control and maintenance software Delphi is a reasonable and somewhat popular choice.

They even cleaned up their licensing a bit, offering a free version for hobby use: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter