QuickC

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QuickC
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseOctober 1987; 36 years ago (1987-10)
Stable release
2.51 / 1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Written inC
Operating systemMS-DOS
TypeIDE
LicenseProprietary
QuickC for Windows
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseSeptember 1991; 32 years ago (1991-09)
Stable release
1.00 / September 1991; 32 years ago (1991-09)[1]
Written inC
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeIDE
LicenseProprietary

Microsoft QuickC is a discontinued commercial

Borland Turbo C.[3]

QuickC is one of three Microsoft programming languages with IDEs of this type marketed in the same period, the other two being

Cobol) and educational use; in all three cases their major competitor was Borland with its Turbo compiler series.[11] Microsoft Macro Assembler also competes with Borland's Turbo Assembler[12]

QuickC was a real mode target only compiler, with the exception of QuickC for Windows 1.0 which also allowed to compile protected mode programs, but only for Windows.[citation needed]

Version history

  • QuickC 1.0, released in October 1987.[13][14] It implements the ANSI C standard and is Microsoft C 5.0 compatible.[15] CodeView is also supported.[16] The release had known compatibility issues with WD HDD controllers.[17]
  • QuickC 1.01
  • QuickC 2.0, released in January 1989.
    Microsoft C 5.1 compatible.[22]
  • QuickC 2.01, released in June 1989.[23] Quick Assembler was included in this release.[24] It was Microsoft Source Profiler compatible.[25]
  • QuickC 2.50, released in May 1990.[26]
  • QuickC 2.51, released in December 1990 (Only available with the bundled Assembler)
  • QuickC for Windows 1.0, released in September 1991.[1][27] It was the first Windows based IDE for C[28] and was also available in a bundle with Microsoft C 6.0 and Windows SDK.[29] The IDE made use of some undocumented Windows API calls.[30][31] It was still possible to target DOS with this version, but these DOS programs were limited to real mode programs.[citation needed]

See also

  • QuickBASIC - similar development environment for BASIC programming

References

  1. ^ a b "Microsoft Readies Quick C for Windows for July Introduction". InfoWorld. May 13, 1991. p. 113.
  2. ^ "Visual C++ adds Windows support". InfoWorld. February 22, 1993. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Quick C vs Turbo C advertisement". InfoWorld. September 7, 1987. p. 70.
  4. ^ QuickBasic Programmers' Toolbox
  5. ^ Quick Language Essentials, pp i-xxvii
  6. ^ a b QuickPascal Programmers' Toolbox pp 3-6
  7. ^ Gettfng Getting Started With Visual C++, intro
  8. ^ Quick C Programmers' Toolbox pp 3-6
  9. ^ QuickBasic Programmers' Toolbox pp 1-4
  10. ^ Using MS-DOS 6 Appendix III
  11. ^ Borland Turbo C
  12. ^ The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses pp 16
  13. ^ "Microsoft Releases C Program Wares, Provides Rebates". InfoWorld. November 9, 1987. p. 29.
  14. ^ "Quick C advertisement". InfoWorld. December 7, 1987. p. 28.
  15. ^ "Microsoft Quick C Battles for a Better C Benefit Novice and Professional alike". InfoWorld. May 23, 1988. p. 67.
  16. ^ "User Group Greets Microsoft's New C Products With Enthusiasm". InfoWorld. June 8, 1987. p. 73.
  17. ^ "Microsoft Scrambles to Patch Quick C Bugs". InfoWorld. December 7, 1987. p. 3.
  18. ^ "Early Users Pleased With Microsoft Quick C Update". InfoWorld. January 30, 1989. p. 15.
  19. ^ "Quick C 2.0 advertisement". InfoWorld. February 6, 1989. p. 23.
  20. ^ "QuickC 2.0 Shows Off New Interface, Adds Memory Models, In-line Assembler". PC Magazine. May 30, 1989. p. 36.
  21. ^ "Microsoft Offers Quick C Upgrade". InfoWorld. January 16, 1989. p. 15.
  22. ^ "Six C Compilers". InfoWorld. May 22, 1989. p. 47.
  23. ^ "Quick Assembler bundled with Microsoft's Quick C". InfoWorld. June 12, 1989. p. 24.
  24. ^ "Microsoft Debuts Quick Assembler". InfoWorld. June 5, 1989. p. 3.
  25. ^ "Microsoft's Source Profiler Works With Languages Conforming to Open Tools". InfoWorld. June 10, 1991. p. 22.
  26. ^ "Microsoft Unveils C, Quick C Updates and Add-On Tools". InfoWorld. April 16, 1990. p. 13.
  27. ^ "QuickC for Windows creates applications without using SDK". InfoWorld. September 2, 1991. p. 13.
  28. ^ "QuickC is a one-stop development tool". InfoWorld. November 18, 1991. p. 113.
  29. ^ "C languages: oceans apart". InfoWorld. February 3, 1992. p. 55.
  30. ^ "Author disputes calls released by Microsoft". InfoWorld. September 14, 1992. p. 3.
  31. ^ "Undocumented Windows calls". InfoWorld. November 16, 1992. p. 98.
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