Will the next release of Delphi be supporting cross-compilation for Mac and Linux?

Question

According to a recent blog post by Allen Bauer:

As we’re working on Fulcrum, the next RAD Studio release with a focus on cross-compilation for Mac and Linux, [..]

I figured someone would mention it in the comments, but I thought Mac/Linux support was a few releases further off. Maybe it's just me, but this is huge news.

Does this mean we will see Mac/Linux binaries created with a Delphi release this year?

Answer 1

While I cannot commit to any kind of time frame or release dates, we are working on Mac and Linux targeting. There is also some work going on for 64bit targeting as well, however that will most likely not be in the same time frame as the Mac/Linux targeted releases.

Answer 2

Fulcrum is the code name for the next release, so yes, the next release will include Mac and Linux support. I don't know about the time frame, but "this year" seems reasonable.

Native 64 bit support will be in a future release.

Personally, I prefer this order.