gunrunnerjohn:
I have seen that before. There are lots of Delphi programmers and Embarcadero continues to support it. They just released an update to provide support for Windows 11. My opinion is that for Rapid Application Development (RAD) it cannot be beaten. It has plenty of horsepower to develop powerful programs and is much easier to read than C/C++/C#. It's origin traces back to Turbo Pascal which I started using at version 1.0.
I write the embedded software in C though since it is more suited to embedded chips.
Here is the rest of the quote above:
The short answer: no. Although Delphi still has an active user base, not many new Delphi programmers are popping up, which raises the question of eventual extinction. This is not to say Delphi is archaic by any means, and those who have used Delphi in the past will probably continue to use Delphi until the end, simply because it is so resilient and future-proof. Pascal code requires minimal maintenance, and some of the Delphi apps we build 15 years ago are still alive and well, with very few upgrades made from their original from.
So, there is validity to the Delphi is dead frenzy, but it has nothing to do with obsolesce, but rather a shortage of skilled Delphi programmers. If you’re looking for one of those elusive Delphi programmers, you’ve come to the right place.
