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They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7
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Turbo Pascal came to Windows by way of CP/M and MSDOS, which meant it had a compiler core that was designed to run with tight memory and a comparatively slow CPU. I don’t think it’s too much of an exaggeration to claim that Turbo Pascal contributed to the widespread uptake, and eventual domination, of Microsoft Windows on desktop PCs. It always was a creature of its time – it prospered for the brief period when microcomputers were limited enough to reward skilled development, but widespread enough to create a substantial market for programmers.
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