I learned programming in 1991 and started writing that year. I started with GW-basic first, after a few months I liked C and worked hard with it! Six years later, I had to study Pascal at university. It was not lovely at all, as if I had gone from heaven to hell. But I got acquainted with Delphi completely by accident. It was and is really great for programming in Windows. I have been writing programs with Delphi ever since!