<s>
Borland	B-Application
Kylix	I-Application
is	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	B-Application
)	O
formerly	O
sold	O
by	O
Borland	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
and	O
Borland	B-Language
C++	I-Language
Builder	I-Language
,	O
which	O
runs	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
Delphi	B-Language
's	O
classical	O
Greek	O
theme	O
,	O
Kylix	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
for	O
an	O
ancient	O
Greek	O
drinking	O
cup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
closest	O
supported	O
equivalent	O
to	O
Kylix	B-Application
is	O
the	O
free	O
Lazarus	B-Language
IDE	B-Application
package	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
code-compatible	O
with	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2010	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
resurrected	O
in	O
the	O
form	B-Language
of	O
Delphi	B-Language
cross	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
as	O
shown	O
in	O
the	O
Embarcadero	O
's	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
Builder	I-Language
roadmap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2011	O
with	O
Kylix	B-Application
discontinued	O
the	O
framework	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
development	O
by	O
Embarcadero	O
is	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kylix	B-Application
supports	O
application	O
programming	O
using	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
particularly	O
suited	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
utilities	O
and	O
(	O
especially	O
)	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
well	O
suited	O
to	O
low-level	O
programming	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
or	O
kernel	B-Application
modules	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
interacts	O
poorly	O
with	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
,	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
is	O
basically	O
the	O
Delphi	B-Language
5	O
IDE	B-Application
running	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
fast	O
native	O
code	B-Language
compiler	I-Language
,	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
code	O
navigation	O
,	O
auto-completion	O
,	O
parameter-name	O
tooltips	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugger	O
is	O
capable	O
,	O
but	O
very	O
slow	O
to	O
load	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
crash	O
the	O
whole	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kylix	B-Application
features	O
CLX	B-Language
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Borland	O
's	O
VCL	B-Library
[	O
Visual	O
Component	O
Library ]	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
(	O
mostly	O
)	O
a	O
component-based	O
control	O
library	O
,	O
not	O
unlike	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
or	O
.NET	O
'	O
s	O
WinForms	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
component-oriented	O
libraries	O
,	O
CLX	B-Language
contains	O
both	O
visual	O
components	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
buttons	O
and	O
panels	O
)	O
and	O
non-visual	O
components	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
timers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
makes	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
select	O
components	O
and	O
place	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
form	B-Language
,	O
editing	O
properties	B-Language
and	O
event	O
handlers	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
Object	O
Inspector	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delphi	B-Language
's	O
VCL	B-Library
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
wrapper	O
over	O
raw	O
Win32	B-Library
controls	O
,	O
that	O
maps	O
Win32	B-Library
messages	O
and	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
to	O
properties	B-Language
and	O
events	B-Application
and	O
is	O
thus	O
significantly	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
than	O
the	O
raw	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
VCL	B-Library
is	O
tightly	O
bound	O
to	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Kylix	B-Application
's	O
CLX	B-Language
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Trolltech	O
's	O
Qt	B-Language
library	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
CLX	B-Language
is	O
not	O
100%	O
compatible	O
with	O
VCL	B-Library
,	O
and	O
most	O
Delphi	B-Language
programs	O
require	O
some	O
effort	O
to	O
port	O
to	O
Kylix	B-Application
,	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
stick	O
to	O
the	O
Borland	O
libraries	O
and	O
avoid	O
any	O
direct	O
OS	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Qt	B-Language
is	O
a	O
portable	O
library	O
and	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Delphi	B-Language
6	O
,	O
Borland	O
provided	O
CLX	B-Language
on	O
Windows	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
measure	O
of	O
back-portability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
Inprise	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
its	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
high	O
performance	O
Linux	B-Application
application	O
development	O
environment	O
that	O
will	O
support	O
C	O
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Delphi	B-Language
development	O
,	O
code	O
named	O
"	O
Kylix	B-Application
"	O
,	O
with	O
release	O
date	O
set	O
for	O
year	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Inprise/Borland	O
Corporation	O
hosted	O
more	O
than	O
200	O
third-party	O
authors	O
,	O
consultants	O
,	O
trainers	O
and	O
tool	O
and	O
component	O
vendors	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
worldwide	O
events	B-Application
designed	O
to	O
prepare	O
third	O
party	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
Kylix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Borland	O
Software	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Borland	B-Application
Kylix	I-Application
,	O
after	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
offered	O
to	O
U.S.	O
customers	O
of	O
Dell	O
Precision	O
220	O
,	O
420	O
and	O
620	O
Workstations	O
beginning	O
in	O
February	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Borland	O
Software	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Borland	B-Application
Kylix	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2002	O
Borland	O
Software	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Borland	B-Application
Kylix	I-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Borland	O
reportedly	O
moved	O
to	O
discontinue	O
Kylix	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danny	O
Thorpe	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
responsible	O
for	O
getting	O
Borland	O
to	O
fund	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
and	O
he	O
did	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
necessary	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Delphi	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
produce	O
Linux	B-Application
executables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
both	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
Kylix	B-Application
run	O
on	O
32-bit	O
Intel	O
processors	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
uses	O
different	O
register	O
conventions	O
than	O
Windows	O
and	O
,	O
of	O
course	O
,	O
the	O
executable	O
and	O
library	O
file	O
formats	O
are	O
different	O
;	O
see	O
DLL	O
,	O
EXE	O
,	O
ELF	O
for	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
project	O
Delphi	B-Language
"	O
X	O
"	O
cross	O
compilation	B-Language
for	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embarcadero	O
is	O
planning	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Kylix	B-Application
(	O
without	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
hold	O
a	O
special	O
name	O
(	O
Kylix	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
be	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Delphi	B-Language
(	O
and	O
C++Builder	B-Language
)	O
where	O
one	O
can	O
code	O
and	O
compile	B-Language
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
Windows	O
IDE	B-Application
and	O
deploy	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++Builder	B-Language
version	O
will	O
be	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
8	O
Feb	O
2016	O
,	O
Embarcadero	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
an	O
updated	O
roadmap	O
that	O
indicates	O
Linux	B-Application
server	O
support	O
in	O
upcoming	O
RAD	O
Studio	O
10.2	O
(	O
code	O
name	O
"	O
Godzilla	O
"	O
)	O
development	O
track	O
,	O
aka	O
the	O
Fall	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
desktop	O
support	O
was	O
not	O
mentioned	O
.	O
</s>
