Delphi is a ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers) programming language and ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory) software (A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)) development environment. It is produced by (Click link for more info and facts about Borland) Borland (known for a time as (Click link for more info and facts about Inprise) Inprise). The Delphi language, formerly known as Object Pascal ( (French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)) Pascal with (Click link for more info and facts about object-oriented) object-oriented extensions) originally targeted only (Click link for more info and facts about Microsoft Windows) Microsoft Windows, but now builds native applications for (An open-source version of the UNIX operating system) Linux and the (Click link for more info and facts about Microsoft .NET) Microsoft .NET framework as well