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Turbo C

Name	Turbo C
Version	2.01 (1989)
Vendor	Borland
Author
Licence	Commercial
WWW

Turbo C is an integrated entry level C programming environment for DOS originally introduced by Borland in 1987.

History

Turbo C as it was shipped in 1987 was basically a re-release of the Wizard C compiler minus the LINT package but with the Borland frontend tools such as the IDE from Turbo Pascal included. The entire 1.x branch of the toolkit proved extremely problematic, the compiler in the 1.0x versions was buggy and needed further work and with the 1.5 release there was a replacement library that was not only full of errors but inconsistent as well. It was not until the 2.01 release which had been largely rewritten from scratch that the tool becomes a worthwhile development tool.

Apart from the technical issues, Turbo C became a watershed in Borland history as it caused founder Niels Jensen to leave the company and found Jensen and Partners International.

Note that the product was replaced in 1990 with Turbo C++ 1.0 product which is basically Turbo C v3 with the TauMetric C++ preprocessor added on.

Turbo C for Atari ST was developed by Softdesign (Pure Software) from Munich. In July 1991 Borland transferred the rights back to them, so later versions were released under the name Pure C.

Features

Utilities:

Make facility
Turbo Link (TLINK)

Documentation:

Turbo C User's Guide
Turbo C Reference Guide

Versions

1.0 (May 1987)
1.5 (Jan 1988)
2.0 (Nov 1988) - Professional edition includes Turbo Assembler and Turbo Debugger.
2.01 (May 1989)

Turbo C for Atari ST 2.0 (1990)

Publications

Herbert Schildt: Using Turbo C - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881279-8
Herbert Schildt: Advanced Turbo C - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881280-1
Herbert Schildt: Advanced Turbo C, Second Edition - Osborne McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881479-0
Kris A. Jamsa: Turbo C Programmers Library – Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881394-8
Stephen R. Davis: Turbo C: The Art of Advanced Program Design, Optimization, and Debugging - M & T Books 1988, ISBN 0-934375-38-0
Kent Porter: Stretching Turbo C - Brady 1989, ISBN 0-13-852781-4
Nabajyoti Barkakati: Waite Group's Turbo C Bible - Sams 1988, ISBN 0-672-22631-6
Chao C. Chien: Programmer's Guide to Turbo C 2.0 - Bantam 1989, ISBN 0-553-34757-8
Ben Ezzell: Graphics Programming in Turbo C 2.0 - Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-201-19443-0

Links

Antique Software

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-Turbo C++ is an integrated entry level [[C]] programming environment for [[DOS]] originally introduced by [[Borland]] in 1987, it is basically a re release of the [[Wizard C]] compiler minus the [[LINT]] package but with the Borland front end tools such as IDE from the [[Turbo Pascal]] et al bolted on. The entire 1.x branch of the toolkit proved extremely problematic, the compiler in the 1.0x versions was buggy and needed further work and with the 1.5 release there was a replacement library that was not only full of errors but inconsistent as well, it is not until the 2.01 release which had been largely rewritten form scratch that the tool becomes worthwhile.
+{{Software
+|Picture=Turbocmanual.jpg
+|Name=Turbo C
+|Version=2.01 (1989)
+|Vendor=[[Borland]]
+|Licence=Commercial
+}}
+'''Turbo C''' is an integrated entry level [[C]] programming environment for [[DOS]] originally introduced by [[Borland]] in 1987.
-Apart from the technical issues, Turbo C became a watershed in Borland history as it caused founder Nils Jensen to leave the company and found [[Jensen and Partners International]].
+==History==
+Turbo C as it was shipped in 1987 was basically a re-release of the [[Wizard C]] compiler minus the LINT package but with the Borland frontend tools such as the IDE from [[Turbo Pascal]] included. The entire 1.x branch of the toolkit proved extremely problematic, the compiler in the 1.0x versions was buggy and needed further work and with the 1.5 release there was a replacement library that was not only full of errors but inconsistent as well. It was not until the 2.01 release which had been largely rewritten from scratch that the tool becomes a worthwhile development tool.
+Apart from the technical issues, Turbo C became a watershed in Borland history as it caused founder Niels Jensen to leave the company and found [[Jensen and Partners International]].
 Note that the product was replaced in 1990 with [[Turbo C++]] 1.0 product which is basically Turbo C v3 with the [[TauMetric]] C++ preprocessor added on.
+Turbo C for [[Atari ST]] was developed by Softdesign (Pure Software) from Munich. In July 1991 Borland transferred the rights back to them, so later versions were released under the name ''Pure C''.
+==Features==
+Utilities:
+* Make facility
+* Turbo Link (TLINK)
+Documentation:
+* ''Turbo C User's Guide''
+* ''Turbo C Reference Guide''
 == Versions ==
-* May 1987: 1.0
+* 1.0 (May 1987)
-* Jan 1988: 1.5
+* 1.5 (Jan 1988)
-* Nov 1988: 2.0
+* 2.0 (Nov 1988) - Professional edition includes [[Turbo Assembler]] and [[Turbo Debugger]].
+* 2.01 (May 1989)
+* Turbo C for Atari ST 2.0 (1990)
+== Publications ==
+* Herbert Schildt: ''Using Turbo C'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881279-8
+* Herbert Schildt: ''Advanced Turbo C'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881280-1
+* Herbert Schildt: ''Advanced Turbo C, Second Edition'' - Osborne McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881479-0
+* [[Kris A. Jamsa]]: ''Turbo C Programmers Library'' – Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881394-8
+* Stephen R. Davis: ''Turbo C: The Art of Advanced Program Design, Optimization, and Debugging'' - M & T Books 1988, ISBN 0-934375-38-0
+* Kent Porter: ''Stretching Turbo C'' - Brady 1989, ISBN 0-13-852781-4
+* Nabajyoti Barkakati: ''Waite Group's Turbo C Bible'' - Sams 1988, ISBN 0-672-22631-6
+*Chao C. Chien: ''Programmer's Guide to Turbo C 2.0'' - Bantam 1989, ISBN 0-553-34757-8
+*[[Ben Ezzell]]: ''Graphics Programming in Turbo C 2.0'' - Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-201-19443-0
 == Links ==
 * [http://edn.embarcadero.com/museum/antiquesoftware Antique Software]
-==License and availability==
+[[Category:C Development Environment]]
-* Discontinued commercial software.
-==Publisher & authors==
-* Bob Jervis
-* Wizard Systems Software
-* [[Borland]]
-[[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:C]]