Comment by CRConrad

> FoxBASE/FoxPro, Clipper, Paradox etc were all similar in that respect.

> the efficiency with which you could crank out even fairly complicated line-of-business data-centric apps was amazing, and is not something I've seen in any tech stack since.

Did you ever get to try Delphi? Those "line-of-business data-centric apps" is what it was all about.

And I'm not quite sure, but I think and hope Free Pascal / Lazarus is close to that in ease and power.