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> Delphi/Free Pascal, where usually code from 20 years ago compiles today with minor adjustments

Not always. I attempted to upgrade some open source 32bit Delphi frontend code to 64bit/ARM, but the specific GUI toolkit was never ported.

It's similar for Java frontends, JavaFX in particular seems to be a moving target.

QT is a bit of an outlier in terms of frontend stability, but at the cost of the UI looking pretty dated.


Qt apps UI can look very good if QML is used with some effort. I wrote about it here: https://rubymamistvalove.com/block-editor

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