The Delphi programming language was developed by Borland and is the descendant of Turbo Pascal. Delphi was released in February 1995. Delphi is a native code compiler that runs under Window v3.1 or Windows '95. Delphi is essentially object Pascal with similar programming tools found in Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0. Significant Language Features Visual Programming Tools - this language is contains tools to make programming for Windows easy.
Object oriented - objects keep the simple, organized and protected.
This a course description of a programming language course taught here at the University of Michigan - Dearborn . This site has a free compiler from Borland to download. The Delphi Source Site contains source code, links to newsgroups and general information. The makers of Delphi. If you have Delphi questions, the Delphi Pro has the answer.