They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7
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They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7 was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 25 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #9 of 29, reached on Nov 7, 18:54 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 22:54 UTC.
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> "That almost nobody has the skills these days to implement something like TP is something we could eventually come to regret – or, rather, our grandchildren could. Software development is becoming a semi-skilled industry, and I doubt that the rise of AI will entirely compensate for this." I agree, but AI also there…
Man, I haven’t seen Turbo Pascal since high school. We were lucky enough to have a CompSci class taught by our Stats teacher. He offered three courses. CompSci 1 used Turbo Pascal and Delphi. CompSci 2 used C++ and Java. CompSci 3 used Microsoft Turbo Assembly and a language of the student’s choice. We had to write…
My first real programming project was creating a pong clone on DOS using Turbo Pascal, as a 12 year old, in the mid 90s. Many years later, when I was in the penultimate year of uni, I worked as a freelance Delphi programmer. I had no idea Pascal would help me buy my first car many years later.
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 22:54 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
#9 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 18:54 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (25 checks) since.
24 points and 10 comments; submitted by andsoitis on Nov 7, 2026.