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kofejnik on Feb 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: 22 Years of Delphi and It Still Rocks

yep, just checked, minimal useful Delphi license is ~$1500, which is a non-starter for most people outside of corporate environment

consequently, you can never just pick it up and grow into it, you only learn it on the job which already uses it

or maybe, you torrent it

vintagedave on Feb 15, 2017 [–]

There is a free version. Download Starter.

zeroc8 on Feb 16, 2017 | [–]

Can't do much with free. It's a waste of time. Give us some affordable professional options (i.e. Windows only professional for 300 bucks or so). Have a look at Jetbrains, they have figured it out.

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