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Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers

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  1. baranul · · 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 · · 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. LoganDark · · focus · HN ↗
        > Apple decided to refocus from Object Pascal into C++

        IIRC Apple went and made Objective-C(/C++) and then eventually Swift. Not sure if they actually embraced C++ all that much - did they really?

        1. pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
          Completely off the charts.

          I am talking about Apple after Jobs was kicked out.

          You missed the part where NeXT licensed Objective-C from Stepstone, Apple bought NeXT as last survival action before bankruptcy, and OS X sprung out of NeXTSTEP.

          1. LoganDark · · focus · HN ↗
            Thanks!
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