Editing Turbo Pascal (section)

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| name = Turbo Pascal
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| author = [[Anders Hejlsberg]] (at Borland)
| developer = [[Borland]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1983|11|20|df=yes}}<ref name="initrel">{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-delphi-1056847 |title=Delphi history: from Pascal to Embarcadero Delphi XE 2 |last=Gajic |first=Zarko |date=17 March 2017 |website=ThoughtCo |publisher=Dotdash<!--Was About.com--> |access-date=2021-02-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074831/http://delphi.about.com/cs/azindex/a/dhistory.htm |archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=releasedates/>
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| operating system = [[CP/M]], [[CP/M-86]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows 3.x]], [[Classic Mac OS]]
| platform = [[Z80]], [[x86]], [[Motorola 68000 series|68000]], [[PC-98]]
| language = English
| genre = [[Integrated development environment]]
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'''Turbo Pascal''' is a software development system that includes a [[compiler]] and an [[integrated development environment]] (IDE) for the programming language [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] running on the [[operating system]]s [[CP/M]], [[CP/M-86]], and [[MS-DOS]]. It was originally developed by [[Anders Hejlsberg]] at [[Borland]], and was notable for its very fast compiling. Turbo Pascal, and the later but similar [[Turbo C]], made Borland a leader in PC-based development tools.

For versions 6 and 7 (the last two versions), both a lower-priced Turbo Pascal and more expensive '''Borland Pascal''' were produced; Borland Pascal was oriented more toward professional software development, with more [[Library (computing)|libraries]] and standard library [[source code]].<!--I think the BP licence was for developing software for sale, while TP was more restrictive, but don't remember for sure and have no source. pol098--> The name Borland Pascal is also used more generically for Borland's dialect of the language Pascal, significantly different from Standard Pascal.

Borland has released three old versions of Turbo Pascal free of charge because of their historical interest: the original Turbo Pascal (now known as 1.0), and versions 3.02 and 5.5 for DOS, while Borland's French office released version 7.01 on its FTP. <ref name=tp10/><ref name="tp302">{{cite web |url=http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20792 |title=Antique Software: Turbo Pascal v3.02 |last=Intersimone |first=David |date=2000-02-10 |publisher=Embarcadero Technologies |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124092418/http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20792 |archive-date=2010-11-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=tp55/>