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Fruity Loops is written in Delphi. There was a period in time where because of this, the company said there would never be a Mac version, but eventually one happened with the help of ObjectPascal.

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The GUI was said to, but the audio engine was C++.

Not to be That Guy, but it's been over 20 years since FL Studio was called Fruity Loops

The replies to the this comment [1] (from 2019) indicate that at Delphi was still used then for FL Studio. They link to a case study at [2], the date inside the pdf says 2015, and that Delphi has a Mac compiler they use too.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19652938

[2] https://www.embarcadero.com/case-study/image-line-software-c...

Out of respect for Fruity Loops, and contempt of WK Kellogg Co.'s lawyers, I refuse to acknowledge the forced named change. WK Kellogg can accept the reality that there is no conflict of trademarks or other business interests between music software and sugar-pushers, or they can shove off. (>_<)

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