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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:36:35 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:


> Turbo Pascal was better, but I really got into Turbo C.

I bought Turbo Pascal for CP/M when it first came out. How could you go 
wrong for $50? I thought it was broken after the first hello world 
experiment since I was used to the leisurely BDS C compilations.

I never did get Turbo C but I did get the C++/OWL IDE. I liked it and in 
the early '90s it wasn't clear Microsoft was going to be the 800 pound 
gorilla. I wasn't that fond of MFC but what are you going to do? In their 
defense a C++ standard was years in the future so they rolled their own.