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For the children out there. QuickC was their branding for a 'lite' implementation of Microsoft C in the late 80's. It was cheaper than Microsoft C. Visual C++

For the children out there. QuickC was their branding for a 'lite' implementation of Microsoft C in the late 80's. It was cheaper than Microsoft C. Visual C++ did not exist yet. Hell, C++ barely existed at the time. IIRC, it was intended to be a competitor to TurboC from Borland. The compiler was a bit too quick. i.e. it was pretty buggy. I started with it, and quickly moved on to TurboC. Working with a compiler that could correctly compile a for loop made learning the language a lot easier. They re-branded GWBasic (bundled with DOS) into QuickBasic. There was also a QuickPascal. IIRC, neither QuickPascal nor QuickC lived very long.

bobochan 12y ago
Am I over-romanticizing the past, or wasn't QuickBasic 4.5 one of the great tools of the late 80s? I remember finding a library somewhat similar to Borland's conio and then experiencing nearly unlimited love as I could develop and deliver standard .exe apps with pretty decent looking interfaces in a matter of hours. The interface to QB4.5 pretty nice by the standard of the day. TurboC was a very nice package, as was TurboC++. I really wanted to get TurboProlog, but missed the chance.