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1. baranul · 1790429933 · focus · HN ↗

   It's amazing how underestimated the Object Pascal language is. Certain people or rivals want to write it off or declare it's "dead", yet the language (including various dialects) are still going strong.

   1. pjmlp · 1790430199 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, it was pity that Borland lost its way, and Apple decided to refocus from Object Pascal into C++.

      Otherwise it would still be a big contender.

      Everything that Zig offers over C as selling point was already there in Object Pascal.

      1. applfanboysbgon · 1790431571 · focus · HN ↗

         Comptime? Vastly superior toolchain? Trivial C interop? Sub-second incremental compilation in large projects? I'm not familiar with Object Pascal at all, so do correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd really be surprised if it has much of Zig's standout features.

         1. pjmlp · 1790432589 · focus · HN ↗

            Comptime is the only thing going for it.

            Object Pascal compilers were already super fast in MS-DOS hardware!

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