A Turbo C++ wiki @ codepedia

Well, my foundation in to the world of programming was because of this - the Turbo C++ IDE. This is the commonly used IDE (i.e the version 3.0 developed by Borland Corp 1991-92) to develop C++ programs in school and colleges. And incidentally this has become obsolete too. Why? Because the software industry saw no real use of this IDE. It was not so efficient in terms of creating huge applications that dealt with databases.

What interested me in this language was the possibility to program something that was event-driven. I still haven't understood how to program for this feature. Because it involves some understanding of hardware and assembly language. But I know its out there somewhere. And someday I shall find it. The craze with trying to understand assembly language has subdued. Because I can never learn it online. And I rather buy a book for myself and start learning. But the problem is, I don't know if this is the right thing to do. I lack direction about how to achieve a goal for programming something that is event driven.

There is another thing I find. Since this language (i.e. the version I am speaking about) is something obsolete, there are no tutorials relating to this version. And where I live there are also considerable number who still learn what c++ is using this primitive compiler. What if someone learned how to program something in c++ and then suddenly realized that you could also program for an event-driven feature?

Hence to extend support for working with this primitive compiler I've decided to make a wiki about this. Let them continue to learn. Why stop? This wiki is still in it's beginning stages. Right now it offers insight into what turbo c++ is and a brief history. It also compares with the standard c++ versions such as borland c++ 5.5. I plan to put code there at some point of time; code relating with my experiments with the compiler and header files.

And since it is a wiki I invite anyone and everyone to edit. I know someday this wiki will grow up to be something comprehensive. If you are a fan please extend a hand. Your ideas will shape the minds of others out there.

You can visit the page by clicking here.