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turbo c
     
         borland's c compiler for ibm pcs.
     
        turbo c, version 1.0, was introduced by borland in 1987.  it
        offered the first integrated edit-compile-run development
        environment for c on ibm pcs.  it ran in 384kb of memory.
        it allowed inline assembly, supported all memory models, and
        offered optimisations for speed, size, constant folding, and
        jump elimination.
     
        version 1.5 shipped on five 360 kb diskettes of uncompressed
        files, and came with sample c programs, including a stripped
        down spreadsheet called mcalc.
     
        turbo c 2.0 has a debugger, a fast assembler, and an extensive
        graphics library.
     
        turbo c has been largely supplanted by turbo c++, introduced
        circa september, 1990 for both ms-dos and microsoft
        windows.
     
        "compiling the facts on c", richard hale shaw, pc magazine,
        september 13, 1988, pages 115-183.
     
        1996-10-31
     
     
see also:
borland c compiler ibm pc constant folding jump elimination 
turbo c++ ms-dos microsoft windows 

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