It feels more stable and mature than most other languages. I do not know if there are enough developers keeping it alive, but hopefully it will mostly get bug fixes and ports to new platforms. Better if they do not mess with the language or standard libraries. Those that want a programming language that keeps breaking backwards compatibility every few months have plenty to choose from already.
Lazarus is a pretty sweet solution on Linux (or Codetyphoon, if you want more out of the box components).
Lazarus is free with no artificial limitations, for FreePascal: https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.
So should be perfectly enough for hobbyist.
andsoitis•1h ago