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I regret Delphi is a niche product now as it's quite powerful now, with native apps also for mobile platforms. Pity that the Community Edition doesn't support Linux.

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Worth a mention that https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ is aiming to replace Delphi, and runs on Linux.

They also seem to support app development for Android: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Portal:Android and iOS: https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Portal:iOS

Do native Delphi applications use native controls (when available)? Do they feel native, or are they their own thing? I'm thinking specifically of Java Swing applications that never felt native.

Delphi is definitely 100% native. I'm not sure about Free Pascal's Lazarus; it looks native when I've used it, but I'd need to break out Spy++ or WinObj or something to actually poke at what's going on.

The traditional, standard, component library was built around the native Win32 controls[1].

Some time ago they acquired a cross-platform component library, FireMonkey[2], which does not use native controls.

[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/indi...

[2]: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/FireMonke...

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