Delphi’s appearance allowed the developers to use the same code (with minor adjustments) to build native applications not only for Windows but also for Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux. Delphi includes a code editor, a visual designer, an integrated debugger, a source code control component, and support for third-party plugins.
Delphi is named after the Oracle at Delphi of Greek legend and is one of the first-ever Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. It is a product of Borland and first entered the market in 1995 as Delphi 1, adding some object-oriented capabilities to the Pascal Language. Early versions were only compatible with the Windows platform. In 2001 Kylix was released, which is the Linux version of Delphi. The first version of the Delphi computer language was for developing applications in MS Windows 3.1.
Programming languages require the conversion of the human readable source code into raw machine instructions which can be executed by the computer.
With Delphi, this conversion takes place directly within its integrated editor environment where the compiler produces fully compiled applications ready to execute without further pre-processing and, typically, no further support components or installable runtimes.
More often found in corporate applications requiring database access, Delphi can handle everything from printers to POS applications. While not well-known for game development – C languages tend to lead there – Delphi is perfect for almost all other programming uses.
Delphi language
