(June 8, 2012 at 2:24 am)Darwinian Wrote: And when, at long last, my project is finished I shall be proudly stating, "Written using Delphi 7" in the About Box.
You mean you haven't written that in yet?
Most people put their names of their projects when they begin.

The Visioforge SDK site was serving malware last time I visited their main page. Had to use Google to access the subpages that told me /what/ it was. It may be well supported, but it's isolated.
Your pride reminds me of the IDL programmers around my sister's workplace, right down to the "hard core of loyal and stubborn users who refuse to use anything else".
I learn new languages for fun and profit. I'll use anything and everything to improve my understanding of optimal abstractions, architecture and "beautiful code". My only requirement is that you have similar paradigm languages that are in similar demand, as that indicates a pool of developers who can switch to compatible implementations and subtley different ideas at the drop of the hat.
But if the tool fits, then use it.
Use it as best and as fullest as you can.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more