Editing Cross compiler (section)

=== Early history – 1980s ===
[[Microsoft C]] (MSC) has a shorter history than others<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/93400 Microsoft Language Utility Version History]</ref> dating back to the 1980s. The first Microsoft C Compilers were made by the same company who made [[Lattice C]] and were rebranded by Microsoft as their own, until MSC 4 was released, which was the first version that Microsoft produced themselves.<ref>[http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~csmweb/decompilation/hist-c-pc.html History of PC based C-compilers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215083657/http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~csmweb/decompilation/hist-c-pc.html |date=December 15, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1987, many developers started switching to Microsoft C, and many more would follow throughout the development of Microsoft Windows to its present state. Products like [[Clipper (programming language)|Clipper]] and later [[Clarion (programming language)|Clarion]] emerged that offered easy database application development by using cross language techniques, allowing part of their programs to be compiled with Microsoft C.

[[Borland|Borland C]] (California company) was available for purchase years before Microsoft released its first C product.