If it copies anything, it’s first of all Delphi, around the version 7 :)

nobleach · on April 23, 2022

And 7 was just "let's try and add some 'web' to Delphi 6". And 6 was "Hey, Kylix is gonna be huge on Linux, so let's try and align Delphi 5"...

Still one of my favorite programming experiences in my life.

FpUser · on April 23, 2022

It is way, way more than Delphi 7.

I've managed to easily port good sized modern Delphi project to run on Raspberry Pi using Lazarus.

tomc1985 · on April 23, 2022

Having never used Delphi, the parallels to VB were uncanny. So I guess Delphi copied VB

FpUser · on April 23, 2022

LOL. Delphi ran circle around VB. It could do what VB did but way better and could also do what MS C++ did. Obviously as you admit you have no real knowledge of the subject.

tomc1985 · on April 23, 2022

Wow, could you be any more haughty? I'm referring specifically to the UI. Yes I never worked with Delphi so I am indeed quite ignorant to its obviously apparent wonder.

FpUser · on April 23, 2022

Delphi's precursors were Pascal as a language and ObjectVision as the concept of the UI (released in 1991). Both products created by Borland. It did not need VB to "copy from". Borland tools of the time were superior to MS and drove Gates nuts.