Does anyone still program in Pascal?

Originally Answered: Do people still use Pascal? Yes, but if you are looking at work doing programming in the language; it is a very small, niche market. I knew a person who did programming in Pascal and Delphi for a machine shop. Most work is done in object Pascal or Delphi today.

Is Pascal a dead language?

Originally Answered: Is Pascal a dead language? Pascal is not dead. The lessons learned from Pascal are used in many many programing languages. Pascal is a good base language to describe algorithms.

Is Pascal still relevant?

Developed in the late 1960s, Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language that was originally designed for teaching programming languages. Today, it’s been mostly replaced by C, C++ and Java, but it’s still used as an introduction to programming.

Is Skype written in Pascal?

“Serious” code is written in Pascal as well – Skype for instance, was written in Object Pascal originally.

Is Pascal better than C?

The Pascal method is arguably faster, because no interpretation takes place, but the C method is highly extensible.

What is so good about Pascal?

Pascal allows the programmers to define complex structured data types and build dynamic and recursive data structures, such as lists, trees and graphs. Pascal offers features like records, enumerations, subranges, dynamically allocated variables with associated pointers and sets.

Is Pascal an OOP?

Object Pascal is an extension to the programming language Pascal that provides object-oriented programming (OOP) features such as classes and methods. The language lost its place as the main development language on the Mac in 1991 with the release of the C++-based MacApp 3.0.

Is Delphi outdated?

Definitely not. Delphi is available from Embarcadero, and they have been supporting and updating the language as one of their main products. They have recently released a community edition, which is free. There is also a free and open source implementation of Delphi called Lazarus, which is well maintained.

Does anyone still use Delphi?

The short answer: no. Although Delphi still has an active user base, not many new Delphi programmers are popping up, which raises the question of eventual extinction. So, there is validity to the Delphi is dead frenzy, but it has nothing to do with obsolesce, but rather a shortage of skilled Delphi programmers.

Is Free Pascal good?

Well, for what is Free Pascal so good? Very clean language Pascal is a very nice language, your programs will be more readable and maintainable than for example in C, and let’s even forget about C++. And you don’t need to give up the power, the Pascal language is as powerful as you want it.