What is the latest version of TurboC? [closed]

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In my college they have prescribed Turbo C, for my academics. I know it is pretty old, but I want to download the latest version of it. I have a turbo c of 1980, a DOS version.

Is any latest version available for it?

Is Borland C++ is different from Turbo C++?

Answer 1

There are no "latest version" of these products -- Turbo C was discontinued in 1990, and Turbo C++ in 1993. Both are over 20 years old (they may very well be older than you are!), and will only build 16-bit DOS executables which won't even run on most modern computers. They cannot be used to interact with any sort of modern programming APIs -- in particular, they cannot interact with the network, nor can they create a standard Windows user interface. Basically, you're stuck in the past.

I won't go quite as far as to say that you should find a better school. But you should keep in mind that what you are learning will be almost entirely irrelevant to your employment -- a lot has changed in the last 20 years, especially for C++. (The C++ STL wasn't even fully standardized in 1993, so there will be some significant differences even there.)