Foreword

“Delphi 6—two years in the making; a lifetime of productivity.”

I have been happily employed at Borland for more than 16 years now. I came to work here, in the summer of 1985, to 1) be a part of the new generation of programming tools (the UCSD Pascal System and command line tools just weren't enough), 2) help improve the process of programming (maybe even leaving a little more time for our families and friends), and 3) help enrich the lives of programmers (myself included). We been innovating and advancing developer technology for the past 18 years. I enjoy being a part of this great worldwide Borland community.

Turbo Pascal 1.0 changed the face of programming tools forever. It set the standard in 1983. Delphi also changed the face of ...

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