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'''Delphi''' is a language for rapid development of native Windows applications. The name also refers to the Delphi IDE, which is used to help edit and debug Delphi projects more efficiently. It is sold by Embarcadero, as a standalone product or included in RAD Studio, which includes other languages as well.
 
Delphi is useda "personality" for the RAD Studio. personalityIt usinguses [[Object Pascal]] as the programming language of choice. Object Pascal is an enhancement of Niklaus Wirth's language [[Pascal]].
 
Delphi originated in 1995 at Borland, evolving from Turbo Pascal. It's quicklyoriginal becamefocus thewas languagedatabase ofapplication choice for Windows programmingdevelopment. It is currently owned by Embarcadero.
 
Among Delphi's strengths are its easy learning curve, consistent language architecture, a blazingly fast compiler, great execution speed, modern language constructs, its extensive Visual Component Library (VCL), and the associated visual form designer.
 
The Delphi XE2 version added support for 64-bit applications. It also added a cross platform compiler and component library allowing it to create cross platform applications for Mac OS X and iOS. The iOS support is actually achieved using the Free Pascal compiler.
Variants: Other than the main, native, and variant, some other Embarcadero products are or were released using the "Delphi" brand. A .NET variant called Delphi Prism exists that lives in MS Visual Studio and allows for cross platform development using Mono. It's mostly compatible with Delphi syntax, but uses very different libraries. The Embarcadero PHP product used to be labeled "Delphi" until recently, and there is an AS/400 version of Delphi too.
 
'''Variants''': Free Pascal is an open source version of Delphi that emulates (to a limited degree) the language. The Lazarus IDE and libraries emulates the RTL (Runtime library) and VCL. Embarcadero and Borland before it experimented with using the "Delphi" name to brand tools based on other languages. Examples include Delphi for [[PHP]] which was renamed RAD PHP and Delphi Prism, which was renamed Embarcadero Prism. The latter makes use of the [[Oxygene]] dialect of Pascal provided by RemObjects Software, to build cross platform .NET and Mono applications. There is also Delphi/400 which is actually the main Embarcadero Delphi product repackaged with AS/400 and sold by SystemObjects.
 
==See Also==
* [[wp:Embarcadero_Delphi|Wikipedia: Delphi]]
* [[Oxygene]]
* [[Pascal]]
* [[Object Pascal]]
* [[PHP]]
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