Turbo C

First introduced in 1987, it was noted for its integrated development environment, small size, fast compile speed, comprehensive manuals and low price.

In the early 1980s, Borland enjoyed considerable success with their Turbo Pascal product and it became a popular choice when developing applications for the PC.

Like many Borland products of the time, the software was bought from another company (in this case Wizard C compiler by Bob Jervis[3]), and branded with the "Turbo" name.

It allowed inline assembly with full access to C symbolic names and structures, supported all memory models, and offered optimizations for speed, size, constant folding, and jump elimination.

[8] In a February 1989 overview of optimizing C compilers, BYTE said that Turbo C Professional 2.0 "is no exception" to the company's "well-deserved reputation for pricing good software".