Perhaps Lazarus has been included how Delphy, perhaps…
It is a pity that some languages which are a pain in the neck are mentioned and Lazarus not.
And in the same time, in my opinion, after version 7 Embarcadero lost the way.
Because Lazarus is not a language, it's an IDE for (object) Pascal. That's why I recommend everyone to collectively say that Delphi, Free Pascal, Oxygene, Smart Pascal, and whatever Pascal variant out there is actually using Pascal language. Stop making each of them as if they're on its own language.
Yes, they're a little bit different here and there, but all are just (object) Pascal variants or dialects. By saying that, we'll combine all Pascal variants into a single main language which is (object) Pascal. I even encourage us to call the language as just Pascal, without the 'object'. All measurements and statistics of the variants and dialects should refer to this main language. This way we'll know how popular Pascal language really is and how many people actually using it.
The lack of Pascal standard makes us look separated and divided. I have a dream that some people would gather all Pascal compiler/interpreter authors and producers to create a committee and together build a standard for a new and modern Pascal language which everyone should refer to. Bring some famous people to join the committee so this new and modern Pascal language would be known again as a real, powerful, modern, and elegant language.
Well… everyone may have a dream, right?
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