Microsoft QuickC

Microsoft QuickC was an C programming environment for DOS introduced in 1987. It was a low budget product similar to Borland's Turbo C but was compatible with professional Microsoft C for small memory models.

Versions

DOS

• Oct 1987: QuickC 1.0 - compatible with MS C 5.0
• Mar 1988: QuickC 1.01
• Jan 1989: QuickC 2.0 - compatible with MS C 5.1
• Jun 1989: QuickC 2.01 (QuickC Compiler with QuickAssembler)
• May 1990: QuickC 2.50 - compatible with MS C 6.0
• Jul 1990: QuickC 2.51 (Professional)

Windows

• Sep 1991: QuickC for Windows 1.0 - also included in Microsoft C and Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit

Publications

• Waite: Microsoft QuickC Programming : The Microsoft Guide to Using the QuickC Compiler - Microsoft Press 1988, ISBN 1-55615-048-2
• Feibel: Using QuickC (2nd edition) - Osborne McGraw-Hill 1989, ISBN 0-07-881487-1
• Kelly-Bootle: Mastering QuickC - Sybex 1989, ISBN 0-89588-550-6
• Weiskamp: Advanced Programming with Microsoft QuickC - Academic Press 1989, ISBN 1-4832-4827-5
• Jamsa: Microsoft QuickC Programmer's Quick Reference - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-200-0
• Craig: Microsoft QuickC Programmer's Toolbox - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-207-8
• Hipson: Using QuickC for Windows - Que 1992, ISBN 0-88022-810-5

Links

• http://www.drdobbs.com/turbo-c-vs-quick-c/184407925