Editing Turbo C (section)

==Early history==
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. Borland followed up that success by releasing [[Turbo Prolog]] (in 1986), and in 1987, [[Turbo Basic]] and Turbo C. Turbo C has similar properties to Turbo Pascal: an [[integrated development environment]], a fast compiler (though not near the speed of Turbo Pascal),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hague|first1=James|title=A Personal History of Compilation Speed, Part 2|url=http://prog21.dadgum.com/47.html|website=Programming in the 21st Century|access-date=2016-06-05}}</ref> a good editor, and a competitive price.

Turbo C competed with other professional programming tools, such as [[Microsoft C]], [[Watcom C/C++|Watcom C]],{{r|byte198902}} and [[Lattice C]], while Turbo Pascal was successful with hobbyists and schools as well as professional programmers.