2003
Adrenochrome (2003)
Work begins on an internal project code-named "Adrenochrome", to create a command line compiler for Object Pascal that targets the .NET 1.1 runtime.
Start
2005
Chrome 1.0 (Early 2005)
Inspired by the classic Object Pascal of Delphi, Oxygene reinvents the Pascal language and hits the ground running with over 25 major new language features on top of full feature parity with the then-current Delphi dialect, in its first version.
Version 1.0 was a true reimagining of Pascal, for the world of .NET. Little did we know back then, that it would evolve to cover many more platforms, and gain four sister languages.
- Oxygene Language (based on Object Pascal)
- .NET Platform ("Echoes")
2005
Chrome 'Floorshow' 1.5 (Late 2005)
- Generics
- Type Inference
- .NET 2.0
2007
Chrome 'Joyride' 2.0 (2007)
- LINQ, Sequences & Queries
- Colon Operator
- .NET 3.x
2008-2009
Oxygene 3.0 (2008-2009)
- Cirrus
- Parallelism Features and Future types
2010
Delphi Prism (2010)
Embarcadero licenses the Oxygene compiler for .NET and exclusively distributes is as Delphi Prism and later Embarcadero Prism, thru version 4.0 and 5.0.
2010
Oxygene 4.0 (2010)
2011
Oxygene 5.0 (2011)
- Java Platform ("Cooper"), and Android support
- Mapped Types
- Duck Typing
2013
Oxygene 6.0 (2013)
- Cocoa Platform ("Toffee")
2014
Elements 7.0 (Early 2014)
- C# Language ("Hydrogene")
- Sugar Cross Platform Library
- Cross-Platform Compatibility Mode
- Multi-Part Method names for all platforms
8.2
Elements 8.2
- tvOS and watchOS support for the Cocoa platform
- Windows 10 Universal Application Platform (UAP) support
2016
Elements 9.0 (Late 2016)
- Island Platform (Windows, Linux)
- Unified Class Syntax for Oxygene
- Delphi RTL Compatibility Library
2017-2021
Elements 10 (Late 2017-2021)
- New Island Platforms (WebAssembly, Darwin)
- Advanced Conditional Compilation Architecture
- Water IDE for Windows officially ships
- Go Language ("Gold")
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