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A 16- and 32-bit C and C++ development system for DOS, Windows and OS/2, the system comprised an IDE with editor, compiler, profiler and debugger.

History

Version 2 edition supported OS/2 and DOS or a cheaper system that only supported DOS.

Version 3 of the compiler 16 and 32 bit versions for DOS and 16 bit version Windows and OS/2 came in the same package. Also version 2.1 for SCO Unix was offered.

Bought by Symantec in 1992 who released version 3.1 with 32-bit OS/2 support. The Symantec version includes the rather spiffy Multiscope Debugger.

The built in editor shipped with the package was based on MicroEMACS.

Version

Zortech C++

Oct 1988: 1.05
Nov 1988: 1.06
Jun 1989: 1.07
Mar 1990: 2.0 (DOS, Windows, OS/2 1.x)
Apr 1990: 2.06
Oct 1990: 2.1 (additional for SCO UNIX)
Apr 1991: 2.18
Jun 1991: 3.0
- Zortech C++ for Windows Version 3.0 (Windows SDK included)
- Zortech C++ Developer's Edition Version 3.0 (with OS/2 support)
- Zortech C++ Science and Engineering Edition Version 3.0

Symantec Zortech C++

Dec 1992: 3.1
- Zortech C++ Version 3.1 for DOS and Windows
- Zortech C++ Version 3.1 for OS/2 2.0 and DOS
1993: Zortech C++ for Windows NT (Preview)

Porting aids

LC-Port - Lattice C porting library

Licence

Discontinued commercial software

Author & publisher

Walter Bright
Zortech Ltd. (Originally Zorland Ltd.)
Symantec

Links

Symantec Zortech C++ 3.1 for OS/2
http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/examining-zortech-c-20/184408290 (A review of version 2 from 1990)
A review of version 2.18 from Infoworld

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 A 16- and 32-bit [[C]] and [[C++]] development system for DOS, Windows and OS/2, the system comprised an IDE with editor, compiler, profiler and debugger.
 ==History==
-The tool was originally delivered as C only compiler for DOS called '''Datalight C''', then the British company ''Zorland'' took over the distribution and it was renamed '''Zorland C''', and was aimed squarely at the budget end of the market, after a legal threat from [[Borland]] the name was changed to ''Zortech'' and rudimentary C++ capabilities were added.
+Version 2 edition supported OS/2 and DOS or a cheaper system that only supported DOS.
-Note that with version 2 you could buy an integrated system that supported OS/2 and DOS or a cheaper system that only supported DOS and in some countries only the cheaper version was distributed. With version 3 of the compiler 16 and 32 bit versions for DOS and 16 bit version Windows and OS/2 came in the same package. Also version 2.1 for SCO Unix was offered.
+Version 3 of the compiler 16 and 32 bit versions for DOS and 16 bit version Windows and OS/2 came in the same package. Also version 2.1 for SCO Unix was offered.
-Bought by Symantec in 1992 who released a version 3.1 as a separate compiler for 32 bit OS/2 only. The Symantec version includes the rather spiffy [[Multiscope Debugger]].
+Bought by Symantec in 1992 who released version 3.1 with 32-bit OS/2 support. The Symantec version includes the rather spiffy [[Multiscope Debugger]].
 The built in editor shipped with the package was based on [[MicroEMACS]].
 ==Version==
-;Datalight Optimum C
-* 1986
-;Zorland C
-* 1987: 2.0
 ;Zortech C++
 * Oct 1988: 1.05