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		int_19h 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) Delphi was superior to VB even back in the day, and is still around, as is Lazarus. C# WinForms is actually closest to that, not to VB - and is also still around.

throw-the-towel 59 days ago [–]

It's not surprising, Delphi and C# design were both led by the same person, Anders Hejlsberg. (He then went on to design Typescript.)

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