Before I bought Delphi 2 way back when, I loved how it was so easy to use, and the pascal format is just all me. But I was concerned about speed because I wanted to do games mostly. Back then I read quite a few articles of programs written in MS's VC++ and Delphi and the speeds were nearly identicle in all cases. In the end, this is what ultimately sold me on Delphi. To this day (Delphi5 now) it's just speedy as heck and haven't EVER run into any speed issues with my games .. 2D *or* 3D. Really, it's pretty much up to the person on what they can use better.