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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> 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. 

   https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/dynamics-of-software/9780735623194/

The author of this Microsoft book crowed and crowed about how they kicked
Borland's ass.

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