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[–] unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a sheltered dialup kid, I learned Turbo Pascal and later Delphi back in the late 90's.

Imagine my surprise when I found out it wasn't used anywhere at all.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

There were quite a few Delphi applications back in the day, they were easily recognisable by their "exit door" icon.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

QBASIC fucked me up for a while.