I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.
giancarlostoro 3 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't just made a hobbyist tier. Especially when FreePascal allows you to make UIs with Lazarus for free.
vbezhenar 59 seconds ago [-]
They have free community edition. Main restriction seems to be: "If you're an individual, you may use Delphi CE to create apps for your own use and apps that you can sell until your revenue reaches US$5,000 per year."
So should be perfectly enough for hobbyist.
lpcvoid 39 minutes ago [-]
Delphi is still the absolute fastest way to create win32 gui applications, and anybody who disagrees has never used it.
Lazarus is a pretty sweet solution on Linux (or Codetyphoon, if you want more out of the box components).
baal80spam 11 minutes ago [-]
Is it? What about Autohotkey, or Visual Studio?
HauntingPin 29 minutes ago [-]
What's the relationship between Delphi and Lazarus?
Delphi's great. You can rapidly create apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
davikr 50 minutes ago [-]
I tried Lazarus recently, but I found the IDE to be slow.
1313ed01 19 minutes ago [-]
I have not tried the IDE, but I like FreePascal. The compiler is fast and it has great multiplatform and cross-compilation support. In particular for older platforms.
It feels more stable and mature than most other languages. I do not know if there are enough developers keeping it alive, but hopefully it will mostly get bug fixes and ports to new platforms. Better if they do not mess with the language or standard libraries. Those that want a programming language that keeps breaking backwards compatibility every few months have plenty to choose from already.
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I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.
So should be perfectly enough for hobbyist.
Lazarus is a pretty sweet solution on Linux (or Codetyphoon, if you want more out of the box components).
It feels more stable and mature than most other languages. I do not know if there are enough developers keeping it alive, but hopefully it will mostly get bug fixes and ports to new platforms. Better if they do not mess with the language or standard libraries. Those that want a programming language that keeps breaking backwards compatibility every few months have plenty to choose from already.