I think C#'s WinForms is just as productive as Delphi's VCL. Unfortunately Microsoft abandoned it. Though I only used older versions of Delphi, so I don't know if recent improvements made it pull ahead.
However both have limitations in more complex areas, such as rich text (html), data binding and targeting mobile and desktop with a mostly shared code-base.
Glad to see Delphi still alive and being developed. I never used it much but I did use C++ Builder Explorer or something that they released for free probably 10+ years ago. Also does anyone remember Kylix, Borland's short lived Delphi for Linux?
Unimportant tangent, but I think FireMonkey is a terrible name for a UI framework. I don't know why, but I hate it.
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Lazarus is a pretty sweet solution on Linux (or Codetyphoon, if you want more out of the box components).
However both have limitations in more complex areas, such as rich text (html), data binding and targeting mobile and desktop with a mostly shared code-base.
Although .NET also follows along, pity that it took so many years for Microsoft to actually care about native compilation beyond NGEN.
Unimportant tangent, but I think FireMonkey is a terrible name for a UI framework. I don't know why, but I hate it.
I think it's quite an accomplishment to survive in the modern world of free software development tools.