Microsoft 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

• 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