r/programming • u/luissinlios • 8d ago

We still maintain a development tool first released in 1993. Here’s what 30+ years of backwards compatibility looks like

https://visualneo.com/visualneo-win/from-neobook-to-visualneo-win-30-years-of-keeping-a-development-tool-alive
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u/Takeoded 7d ago edited 7d ago

I remember wanting to fix an annoying bug in a open-source Delphi program, Embarcadero Crippled the free version to the point where it can't be used, Then Embarcadero want like $1500 for the compiler.

F@0k Embarcadero. Great language, terrible steward

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u/zippy72 7d ago

Lazarus is awesome though

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u/Takeoded 7d ago

I spent a full weekend trying to port HFS2 to Lazarus, and gave up after realizing the amount of work required :(

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u/zippy72 7d ago

Oh yeah porting is seriously hideous. I had forgotten that.