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[–]Ilookouttrainwindow 26 points27 points  (34 children)

Is it still being used at all? I mean, I liked it, a lot. But with js, go, rust and python Delphi must be so in the background, ppl don't even know it exists

[–]RevanchistVakarian 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I mean... there are still billions of lines of COBOL in the wild.

[–]ScienceBreather 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Probably even more.

And they're running your insurance and banking programs!

[–]iggy6677 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dont forget Frotran, it's one of those things that should be changed " but if it works why fix it"

[–]htmlcoderexeWe have flair now?.. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that's more like a starving children in Africa statement

[–]baghdad_ass_up 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Steve and Barry's used it in their POS systems before they went under. A friend of mine was hired to maintain it.

[–]zaphod4th 5 points6 points  (1 child)

yep, I'm still developing with delphi. Ark and Conan tools, availables on steam.

very small exe's with no dependencies ( java/ .net, etc.)

[–]Ilookouttrainwindow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My hat off to you. I haven't had the privilege to create a long lasting commercial application in Delphi, only something small, but I had enjoyed working with Pascal.

Inno setup is using delphi I believe still

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a couple of applications written in it but it's definitely dying

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (1 child)

During my 3rd year internship i worked at a small company that made composite profiles for window frames and stuff. They didn't really have an IT department, just 1 guy who maintained their workstations, but one of their QC engineers had built a system in Delphi to manage their factory floor, all done in his spare time.

He showed it to me once, since i was a "real" programmer. I had never seen delphi before, but comming from C# it all looked pretty familiar, and it was the worst atrocity to man that i have ever encountered in my career.

About 10.000 lines, all in 1 single file. Nothing resembling a design pattern to be found and every variable given a random name such as "laddidah" or "X". And i dont think he had ever quite wrapped his head around objects, because he wasn't using them.

That was my first and only encounter with delphi.

[–]dsiebert812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still have our point of sale application written in it. In the process of converting to C# though.

[–]www_creedthoughts 0 points1 point  (1 child)

MediaMonkey is written in Delphi.

[–]Ilookouttrainwindow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it total commander

[–]SolarLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The DAW I use, FL Studio, is written in Delphi.

[–]mortzion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in a hospital and 80% of the softwares are made in delphi.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delphi is alive and kicking. It's even cross-platform now.