Borland c v2.0 for os/2
#Borland c++ v2.0 for os/2 install
Traditionally the install was in parts, one installer for each TopSpeed compiler language, one for the TechKit and one for the environment (IDE, source level debugger and so on). Some of the changes and additions JPI made to the language were later incorporated into ISO Modula 2, so modern M2 textbooks use a language that is not much different from it.Īlthough a native OS/2 application the only installer provided was DOS based so you will have to install it from either a DOS prompt, or if you are running a clean 32-bit system, from a DOS emulator such as DOSBox. This is due to the multi-language features of the TopSpeed development system, minor changes were needed to make it simpler to compile from a mixed Pascal and C style sources. Also the language differs a bit in its specifics from the language definition originally put forward by Wirth. Please note that the last version shipped still had a couple of bugs in the thread library, so care needs to be taken when developing multi-threaded programs. This is due to both the quality of the compiler output in particular and in general the quality of the supplied tools but also since the OS/2 CLI is still only 16-bit so for smaller command line programs the advantages of 32-bit tools are limited. While there never was a 32-bit version of the TopSpeed package for OS/2, the compiler can still be used for development of command line interface programs.
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When the board of Borland decided to buy in a C compiler and continue with the Turbo Pascal product for branding reasons despite the downsides of the existing code, Niels and the British development team behind Borland Modula-2 bought the rights to the code from Borland and left to found Jensen and Partners International. Originally developed by a team headed by Niels Jensen at Borland where it was intended to be a replacement for Turbo Pascal and to provide a back end for the forthcoming Borland C++ package.