Delphi at 21, an era

Today marks an interesting day. As the title suggests, today is year 21 since the public announcement of Delphi. At the Software Development West conference in San Francisco, California, I remember sitting in the audience as I watched my colleague, Anders Hejlsberg, demonstrate the new Object Pascal based development tool.

Mentors and inspiration

Recently I've had the pleasure of reconnecting with a past colleague. Chuck Jazdzewski was the man instrumental in my coming to Borland to join the Turbo Pascal team. I count him as one of my professional mentors. While I also worked closely with Anders Hejlsberg, it was with Chuck that I worked with on a more day-to-day basis.