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 c

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.