Delphi 1 was first released in 1995. The product extended Borland's Pascal language, with its object-oriented and form-based approach. It was an extremely fast native code compiler, with visual two-way tools and database support. Delphi had close integration with Windows and component technology. The next year, Delphi 2 was released as the world's fastest optimizing 32-bit native-code compiler. It was described as having "the ease of VB, with the power of C++" ("Delphi History"). Development on Delphi continued at a breakneck speed.

Delphi 3 was introduced in 1997, with a variety of new features and enhancements. Code insight technology, component templates, DLL debuggiing, the WebBroker technology, the DecisionCube and TeeChart components, ActiveForms, and integration with COM via interfaces were all new improvements. Delphi 4 was released the next year and included anchoring, docking, and constraining components. New features for Delphi 4 included: dynamic arrays, AppBrowser, Windows 98 support, method overloading,...
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