My standard reply is: try free pascal/lazarus. I shifted over to free pascal after Delphi 6 and have had pretty decent experiences with it. I feel your pain, though; rewrites are never much fun. Good luck. Hopefully FP will help you out.

hoernchenmeister wrote:

Honestly I love OOP.

I love what works. I use the component model vs. the object model, but not to the exclusion of one over the other.

hoernchenmeister wrote:

So far I was happy, but times are changing, don't they?

No, not really. I still whip out a hex editor to tweek small programs. I use a plethera of assemblers when the need arises. I'm also not afraid to GOTO when it's logical to do so.

hoernchenmeister wrote:

What kind of alternative do you like most and why?

What works is the best alternative, IMHO.

hoernchenmeister wrote:

Into what direction should I turn my head to maybe fall in love with another paradigm?

ALL OF THEM!

hoernchenmeister wrote:

What's your opinion?

About the same as any technophile.

Delphi since 1.0 baby! Hehe. I use both lazarus and delphi, but do almost all of my initial work in delphi then port it to lazarus. I'm currently using delphi 2007 but expect to be upgrading to the latest and the greatest shortly.