Microsoft has VB, especially Microsoft has the chief designer of Delphi3, VB has been greatly improved, and it is not necessarily interested in Delphi.
Delphi once had a sharp decline in market share because of its high price, and then there were a series of twists and turns. At present, Delphi developers in China market are mainly enthusiasts trained in their heyday, and then there are fewer and fewer new Delphi developers because of the strange circle of lack of users-lack of relevant research-lack of relevant market-lack of relevant information-lack of relevant education-lack of users.
I feel that Delphi has been lost. Its essence is not an IDE, but RAD. If Delphi can maintain its leading position in RAD, it should not be eliminated at least in the short term. If he is addicted to IDE development, maybe he can support it. NET, JAVA, C#, but it is difficult to avoid the demise of the wonderful Delphi Pascal. For example, Delphi's printing support is still the same as previous versions, and the encapsulation of related APIs has not improved at all. ...
From the international market, Delphi is still one of the most profitable tools. Other tools can complete the project in two weeks, while Delphi only takes three days. And Delphi components have a considerable market. But in China, whether Delphi is eliminated or not, it is important that you first find a company that uses Delphi for development, or you are qualified to prove to your boss that Delphi can bring him more benefits.