And does it have an IDE that doesn't crash randomly by now? I gave up after Delphi 5, 6, 7 and 2005, which were all utter crap in terms of stability...
The biggest problem with Delphi 5, 6, and 7 was not the Delphi IDE itself, but the manner in how components were integrated.
A component was compiled into a DLL with a renamed extension (DPL) and loaded by the IDE when it started up. Some of these DLLs behaved badly and corrupted the process.
The best way to use Delphi was to be particular of what 3rd party components you used and to disable the ones you did not use most of the time.
Delphi was a very powerful and pleasant platform to use in its day.
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And does it have an IDE that doesn't crash randomly by now? I gave up after Delphi 5, 6, 7 and 2005, which were all utter crap in terms of stability...
The biggest problem with Delphi 5, 6, and 7 was not the Delphi IDE itself, but the manner in how components were integrated. A component was compiled into a DLL with a renamed extension (DPL) and loaded by the IDE when it started up. Some of these DLLs behaved badly and corrupted the process. The best way to use Delphi was to be particular of what 3rd party components you used and to disable the ones you did not use most of the time. Delphi was a very powerful and pleasant platform to use in its day.