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That was true even into the Delphi days. Around 2007 I was able to compile about 400,000 lines of code in 2-3 seconds on my desktop.

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For sure! Delphi is the successor of Turbo Pascal, it came with the same features built-in! :-)

FYI: Lazarus and the Free Pascal compiler are open source, and amazing replacements. The fly in the ointment is the documentation, which leaves a lot to be desired.

Thanks for mentioning!

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