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and it had an amazing IDE for the times. My first useful programs were written in TP in the late 90-ties.
by rimliu 6y ago
and it had an amazing IDE for the times. My first useful programs were written in TP in the late 90-ties.
- neilv 6y agoTurbo Pascal was always technically excellent in many ways, and also relatively affordable. (The Microsoft development tools were prohibitively expensive for most non-businesses.) IIRC, the IDE started with Turbo Pascal version 4.0. In earlier versions of Turbo Pascal (at least 3.0 and 2.0), there was no IDE. IRC, TP before 4.0 had some kind of simple text screen for switching between the compiler and a text editor. I started with a copy of Turbo Pascal 2.0 for generic MS-DOS (generic, in that it didn't use IBM PC BIOS features), which a computer shop owner kindly transferred from 8-inch floppy to the 5.25" oddball format that my not-very-PC-compatible used. The cover of manual was monochrome blue, rather than the more familiar multicolored one. http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/borpasv.htm#tp2 http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/borpasv.htm#tp2 I heard that Philipe Kahn named the company "Borland" because it sounded like an American astronaut name, so I suppose that could be the reason for the outer space theme (other than a lot of computer things having sci-fi space themes around then).