QuickC
Microsoft QuickC was a commercial integrated development environment (IDE) product engineered by Microsoft for the C programming language, superseded by Visual C++ Standard Edition[1]. Its main competitor was Turbo C[2].
Version history
- QuickC 1.0, released in October 1987[3][4]. It implements the ANSI C standard and is Microsoft C 5.0 compatible[5]. CodeView is also supported[6]. The release had known compatibility issues with WD HDD controllers[7].
- QuickC 1.01
- QuickC 2.0, released in January 1989[8][9]. New features included: incremental compiling and linking, improved compilation speed, built-in assembler and support for all memory models[10]. It was Microsoft C 5.1 compatible[11].
- QuickC 2.01, released in June 1989[12]. Quick Assembler was included in this release[13]. It was Microsoft Source Profiler compatible[14].
- QuickC 2.50, released in May 1990[15].
- QuickC 2.51, released in 1990
- QuickC for Windows 1.0, released in September 1991[16][17]. It was the first Windows based IDE for C[18] and was also available in a bundle with Microsoft C 6.0 and Windows SDK[19]. The IDE made use of some undocumented Windows API calls[20][21].
References
- ^ "Visual C++ adds Windows support". InfoWorld: p. 17. February, 22 1993. http://books.google.pl/books?id=vjsEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Quick C vs Turbo C advertisement". InfoWorld: p. 70. September, 7 1987. http://books.google.pl/books?id=sTsEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Releases C Program Wares, Provides Rebates". InfoWorld: p. 29. November, 9 1987. http://books.google.pl/books?id=Sj0EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Quick C advertisement". InfoWorld: p. 28. December, 7 1987. http://books.google.pl/books?id=Az8EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Quick C Battles for a Better C Benefit Novice and Professional alike". InfoWorld: p. 67. May, 23 1988. http://books.google.pl/books?id=4T4EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "User Group Greets Microsoft's New C Products With Enthusiasm". InfoWorld: p. 73. June, 8 1987. http://books.google.pl/books?id=0TAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Scrambles to Patch Quick C Bugs". InfoWorld: p. 3. December, 7 1987. http://books.google.pl/books?id=Az8EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Early Users Pleased With Microsoft Quick C Update". InfoWorld: p. 15. January, 30 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=MzoEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Quick C 2.0 advertisement". InfoWorld: p. 23. February, 6 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=OzoEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Offers Quick C Upgrade". InfoWorld: p. 15. January, 16 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=rzsEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Six C Compilers". InfoWorld: p. 47. May, 22 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=mDAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Quick Assembler bundled with Microsoft's Quick C". InfoWorld: p. 24. June, 12 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=jzAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Debuts Quick Assembler". InfoWorld: p. 3. June, 5 1989. http://books.google.pl/books?id=kzAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft's Source Profiler Works With Languages Conforming to Open Tools". InfoWorld: p. 22. June, 10 1991. http://books.google.pl/books?id=RlAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Unveils C, Quick C Updates and Add-On Tools". InfoWorld: p. 13. April, 16 1990. http://books.google.pl/books?id=JjsEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Microsoft Readies Quick C for Windows for July Introduction". InfoWorld: p. 113. May, 13 1991. http://books.google.pl/books?id=WVAEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "QuickC for Windows creates applications without using SDK". InfoWorld: p. 13. September, 2 1991. http://books.google.pl/books?id=gj0EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "QuickC is a one-stop development tool". InfoWorld: p. 113. November, 18 1991. http://books.google.pl/books?id=Bj4EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "C languages: oceans apart". InfoWorld: p. 55. February, 3 1992. http://books.google.pl/books?id=8T0EAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Author disputes calls released by Microsoft". InfoWorld: p. 3. September, 14 1992. http://books.google.pl/books?id=f1EEAAAAMBAJ.
- ^ "Undocumented Windows calls". InfoWorld: p. 98. November, 16 1992. http://books.google.pl/books?id=N1EEAAAAMBAJ.