Borland Turbo Basic
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- Turbo BASIC originated as BASIC/Z by Robert Zale, was purchased by Borland in 1987 for MS-DOS, and later repurchased by Zale as PowerBASIC.
- It was an interactive compiler rather than just an interpreter, allowing executable programs larger than the 64KB limit of GWBASIC.
- Turbo BASIC featured an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), enabling code editing, compiling, and in-memory execution, a significant advantage over command-line tools.
- Two versions were released under Borland: 1.0 and a bug-fix 1.1.
- Borland released complementary Toolboxes for database, editor, and telecom functions, each including full source code and retailing for $99.95.
- Borland's headquarters were in Scotts Valley, CA; their seven-building campus built in 1993 for $120M was later sold for 1/10 of its cost.