As jasode said. Borland's low pricing was a revolution and suddenly made it possible for hobbyists to get a real compiler without paying a fortune. This created

As jasode said. Borland's low pricing was a revolution and suddenly made it possible for hobbyists to get a real compiler without paying a fortune. This created an explosion of activity back then. We all jumped on Turbo Pascal for CP/M and DOS at the time. It was much later that things changed, but then it was another world already.