Microsoft C: Difference between revisions

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A C development system with an optimising compiler for 16 bit DOS, 16 bit MS Windows and OS/2, one of the first development systems to be available for OS/2. Also sold as IBM C.

Microsoft also sold a non-optimising version of the toolkit under the name Quick C but that only supported DOS and was never delivered in an OS/2 version.

Versions

Last version with OS/2 support: V.6.0
Version 5.1 introduced in 1988, first version to support OS/2.

Links

A review of Microsoft C 5.1 for OS/2 and DOS 1988 - from PC Magazine

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-A [[C]] development system with an optimising compiler for 16 bit [[DOS]], 16 bit [[MS Windows]] and OS/2, one of the first development systems to be available for OS/2. Also sold as '''IBM C'''
+A [[C]] development system with an optimising compiler for 16 bit [[DOS]], 16 bit [[MS Windows]] and OS/2, one of the first development systems to be available for OS/2. Also sold as '''IBM C'''.
+Microsoft also sold a non-optimising version of the toolkit under the name '''Quick C''' but that only supported DOS and was never delivered in an OS/2 version.
 ==Versions==