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| creator = Microsoft
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| year introduced = 1990
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QuickC for Windows was a C compiler hosted in [[Microsoft Windows 3.0]].  This was the cheapest way of writing protected mode programs, as this retailed for $149, along with the $150 cost of Windows 3.0.  Dos Extenders of the time with compilers cost several thousand dollars.
 
QuickC for Windows was a C compiler hosted in [[Microsoft Windows 3.0]].  This was the cheapest way of writing protected mode programs, as this retailed for $149, along with the $150 cost of Windows 3.0.  Dos Extenders of the time with compilers cost several thousand dollars.
  

Revision as of 02:28, 26 October 2009


QuickC for Windows
QuickC front.jpg
A retail copy of QuickC for Windows
Type: Compiler
Creator: Microsoft
Architecture: i286, i386
Date Released: 1990

QuickC for Windows was a C compiler hosted in Microsoft Windows 3.0. This was the cheapest way of writing protected mode programs, as this retailed for $149, along with the $150 cost of Windows 3.0. Dos Extenders of the time with compilers cost several thousand dollars.

The interface from QuickC for windows eventually found its way into the Visual C++ program, as both share many common elements.

You could target both MS-DOS & Windows 3.0 with this compiler.