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Modern Object Pascal Introduction for Programmers

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  1. archonis · · focus · HN ↗
    Fruity Loops is written in Delphi. There was a period in time where because of this, the company said there would never be a Mac version, but eventually one happened with the help of ObjectPascal.
    1. Inityx · · focus · HN ↗
      Not to be That Guy, but it's been over 20 years since FL Studio was called Fruity Loops
      1. kristianp · · focus · HN ↗
        The replies to the this comment [1] (from 2019) indicate that at Delphi was still used then for FL Studio. They link to a case study at [2], the date inside the pdf says 2015, and that Delphi has a Mac compiler they use too.

        [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19652938">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19652938

        [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.embarcadero.com&#x2F;case-study&#x2F;image-line-software-case-study" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.embarcadero.com&#x2F;case-study&#x2F;image-line-software-c...

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