Delphi (programming language)

E10344

integrated development environment programming language

Delphi is an object-oriented, rapid application development programming language and environment derived from Pascal, primarily used for building native Windows applications.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
Delphi	51
VCL	16
Object Pascal	15
Delphi VCL	11
Borland Delphi	8
Delphi Visual Component Library	8
Embarcadero Delphi	3
Delphi 1	2
Delphi IDE	2
Borland Delphi IDE	1
Delphi (programming language) canonical	1
Delphi 3	1
Delphi RAD environment	1
Delphi RTL and VCL libraries	1
Delphi RTL/VCL	1
Delphi VCL (Visual Component Library)	1
Delphi VCL for Win32	1
Delphi VCL for Win64	1
Delphi VCL standard controls palette	1
Delphi compatibility	1
Delphi component library	1
Delphi component streaming system	1
Delphi core libraries	1
Delphi language	1
Delphi programming language	1
Delphi runtime library	1
Delphi runtime library (RTL/VCL)	1
Embarcadero Delphi VCL	1
FireMonkey	1
Kylix	1
Object Pascal (via Delphi personality in RAD Studio)	1
TDBGrid	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Delphi (programming language)
Context triple: [Pascal, influenced, Delphi (programming language)]

A. Delphi
Delphi is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site famed for the Oracle of Apollo and its central role in classical Greek religion and culture.
B. Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
C. Pascal
Pascal is a high-level, strongly typed procedural programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s, widely used for teaching structured programming and data structuring concepts.
D. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
E. Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Delphi (programming language)
Target entity description: Delphi is an object-oriented, rapid application development programming language and environment derived from Pascal, primarily used for building native Windows applications.

A. Delphi
Delphi is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site famed for the Oracle of Apollo and its central role in classical Greek religion and culture.
B. Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a once-popular integrated development environment and compiler for the Pascal programming language, known for its fast compilation speed and influence on early PC software development.
C. Pascal
Pascal is a high-level, strongly typed procedural programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s, widely used for teaching structured programming and data structuring concepts.
D. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
E. Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	integrated development environment ⓘ programming language ⓘ
compilesTo	machine code ⓘ
derivedFrom	Object Pascal ⓘ linked to: Delphi (programming language) Pascal ⓘ
designedBy	Anders Hejlsberg ⓘ
developer	Borland ⓘ CodeGear ⓘ linked to: Borland Embarcadero Technologies ⓘ
executionModel	native code compilation ⓘ
fileExtension	.dpr ⓘ .dproj ⓘ .pas ⓘ
firstReleased	1995 ⓘ
includesFramework	FMX ⓘ FireMonkey ⓘ linked to: Delphi (programming language) VCL ⓘ linked to: Delphi (programming language) Visual Component Library ⓘ
license	proprietary software ⓘ
notableFeature	RAD (rapid application development) environment ⓘ backward compatibility with older Delphi codebases ⓘ component-based development ⓘ database connectivity components ⓘ integrated debugger ⓘ visual form designer ⓘ
originalName	Delphi 1 ⓘ linked to: Delphi (programming language)
paradigm	event-driven programming language ⓘ imperative programming language ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ structured programming language ⓘ
primaryUse	native Windows application development ⓘ rapid application development ⓘ
supports	Unicode strings ⓘ anonymous methods ⓘ class-based object orientation ⓘ events ⓘ exception handling ⓘ generics ⓘ interfaces ⓘ operator overloading ⓘ properties ⓘ run-time type information ⓘ single inheritance for classes ⓘ
supportsPlatform	Android ⓘ Linux (via FireMonkey and server-side tools) ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows Windows 32-bit ⓘ Windows 64-bit ⓘ linked to: Windows iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ
typingDiscipline	safe typing ⓘ static typing ⓘ strong typing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (139)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pascal → influenced → Delphi (programming language) ⓘ

C# → influencedBy → Delphi ⓘ

subject linked to: C# programming language