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gjkood on June 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did Borland fail?

I have to say that Borland TurboPascal 3.0 (or earlier) was one of the finest pieces of software that I have ever seen. A full fledged Pascal compiler and a Wordstar compatible editor in a 29K binary. Where have those days gone?

FrankenPC on June 13, 2015 [–]

The speed of the compiler! What an amazing environment. If they had continued to evolve with the tech industry they would have been gods.

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