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A C++ development system for 16 bit OS/2, Windows and DOS code, can be run natively or by cross compiling from DOS, can also be used to develop for the PSION series 3 if used in conjunction with the PSION s3 SDK. System now owned by Soft Velocity who use it as a utility development system for their Clarion database product and an OS/2 compatible product is no longer being offered. Originally a development of the TopSpeed Modula-2 package and shares the same environment and back-end.

The TopSpeed C++ compiler came out considerably later than the Pascal, Modula-2 and C compilers from the same company. The later versions are a distinct improvement in particular the 3.10v although by now completely outdated and only really usable for DOS development in general and in the case of OS/2 for text mode development.

Version

3.01
3.02 (1992)
3.10 (Dec 1992)

Prerequisites

For Windows 3.x or Win-OS/2 programming, the TopSpeed TechKit is required, but the tools from it integrate into the TopSpeed environment.
Although you can develop OS/2 Presentation Manager applications without the OS/2 SDK, it is highly recommended that you use it since the PM support of TopSpeed C++ is rather weak in the parts where tools from the SDK already existed.
DOS 3.0 or later and/or OS/2 1.3 or later.

License

Vendor:

Publications

Articles

A review of TopSpeed C/C++ v3.02 - PC Magazine (Jul 1992)
A review of TopSpeed C++ 3.1 - PC Magazine (Mar 1994)

Links

Various fixes and workarounds for the 3.10 version of the compiler

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-==Description==
+A C++ development system for 16 bit OS/2, Windows and DOS code, can be run natively or by cross compiling from DOS, can also be used to develop for the ''PSION series 3'' if used in conjunction with the [[PSION s3 SDK]]. System now owned by Soft Velocity who use it as a utility development system for their Clarion database product and an OS/2 compatible product is no longer being offered. Originally a development of the [[TopSpeed Modula-2]] package and shares the same environment and back-end.
-A C++ development system for 16 bit OS/2, Windows and DOS code, can be run natively or by cross compiling from DOS. System now owned by Soft Velocity who use it as a utility development system for their Clarion database product and an OS/2 compatible product is no longer being offered. Originally a development of the [[TopSpeed Modula-2]] package and shares the same environment and back-end.
-The TopSpeed C++ compiler came out considerably later than the  the Modula-2 and C compilers from the same company and was never considered as good as they were, but the later versions are a distinct improvement in particular the 3.10v, although by now completely outdated and only really usable for DOS development.
+The TopSpeed C++ compiler came out considerably later than the Pascal, Modula-2 and C compilers from the same company. The later versions are a distinct improvement in particular the 3.10v although by now completely outdated and only really usable for DOS development in general and in the case of OS/2 for text mode development.
-====The TopSpeed development environment====
-One unusual aspect of the TopSpeed system was that you could buy variants of the development system for [[TopSpeed Modula-2|Modula-2]], [[TopSpeed C|C]] and [[TopSpeed Pascal|Pascal]] in addition to the C++ compiler and they all shared a back end. Not only could you call C, C++ or Pascal code from the Modula compiler (and vise versa) but you could mix and match the languages in one source file without resorting to any containers. An unique feature in its time and only one or two other development systems have offered similar features since. After Clarion took over the sales of the TopSpeed system the Clarion 4GL database language was ported to the TopSpeed system (and remains based on it to  this day) and became one of the interchangeable front ends.
-Another unusual and somewhat unique aspect of the system was its ability to make multi-threaded code and dynamic libraries (DLL's) for DOS. The TopSpeed systems was developed under OS/2 v1.x and the developers were so taken with the threading model that they duplicated it for the DOS environment giving you not only the obvious benefit of being able to make multi-threaded DOS applications but also the option of making portable multi-threaded apps since the TS version for doses copied the OS/2 version down to a tee.
 ==Version==
-* Last known version: 3.10
+* 3.01
+* 3.02 (1992)
+* 3.10 (Dec 1992)
 ====Prerequisites====
-* For Windows 3.x or Win-OS/2 programming the [[TopSpeed TechKit]] is required, but the tools from it integrate into the TopSpeed environment.
+* For Windows 3.x or Win-OS/2 programming, the [[TopSpeed TechKit]] is required, but the tools from it integrate into the TopSpeed environment.
-* Although you can develop OS/2 Presentation Manager applications without the OS/2 SDK, it is highly recommended that you use it since the PM support of TopSpeed C++ is rather weak in the parts were tools from the SDK already existed.
+* Although you can develop OS/2 Presentation Manager applications without the OS/2 SDK, it is highly recommended that you use it since the PM support of TopSpeed C++ is rather weak in the parts where tools from the SDK already existed.
 * DOS 3.0 or later and/or OS/2 1.3 or later.
 ==License==
-* Commercial - Discontinued
+Vendor:
+* [[TopSpeed Corporation]]
-==Author==
+* [[Jensen and Partners International]]
-* [[Jensen & Partners International]]
-* [[Niels Jensen]]
 ==Publications==
-*
+;Articles
-====Articles====
+* [//books.google.com/books?id=X4152M1DLygC&pg=PA396 A review of TopSpeed C/C++ v3.02] - PC Magazine (Jul 1992)
-* [http://www.nezumi.demon.co.uk/modula/jpi/fixes.doc Various fixes and workarounds for the 3.10 version of the compiler]
+* [//books.google.com/books?id=L2RD68Gg2sMC&pg=PA197 A review of TopSpeed C++ 3.1] - PC Magazine (Mar 1994)
-* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=X4152M1DLygC&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396 A review of TopSpeed C/C++ v3.02] - From PC Magazine July 1992
 ==Links==
+* [//www.nezumi.demon.co.uk/modula/jpi/fixes.doc Various fixes and workarounds for the 3.10 version of the compiler]
-[[Category:Tools]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]] [[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:C++]]
+[[Category:C++ Development Environment]]