Oh, I dunno
Certainly wouldn't want to write multiple, database-based applications in Delphi or C++, though.
Not exactly sure about what you mean by "multiple", but Delphi (and tis kissin-cousin C++ Builder) was basically designed to write database apps in. And since both have been morphed to target both Linux and Windows with the same source....
(There, CRC...saved you a slam....)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT