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Good to see Pascal/Object Pascal getting some renewed love, after all the C/C++/C# wars. Way too many act like "there can only be one", versus explore and appreciate what various languages and tools have to offer.

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I use Delphi and Lazarus just fine. Delphi for windows GUI applications and Lazarus for multiplatform GUI applications. I use multiple languages for various tasks and Delphi / Lazarus are hard to beat for quickly whipping out lean and mean GUI apps. As for "language being "cool" - I do not care what the general public thinks and use what gives me the best ROI for particular situation. Operating as a business really clears one's mind.

Old days brought forward. Remember mark/release? With combo of code macros and open arrays using Lazarus/ FPC:

mark_begin // after allocs,creates

[parse1, sl1, sl2]

mark_end

... lines of code ...

release // end of proc, frees everything you marked allocated

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