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		treprinum on Aug 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I come here not to bury Delphi, but to praise it (... If RAD Studio/C++ Builder allowed building Linux desktop apps, I would have likely bought the architect edition. VCL is so much faster to develop than any other framework.

fmxexpress on Aug 22, 2023 [–]

It does. The FMX framework compiles to Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows. Single codebase single UI.

treprinum on Aug 22, 2023 | [–]

This is what I see on Embarcadero Linux C++ dev page:

"However, for Linux, you cannot create the visual VCL and FireMonkey applications."

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