TurboC++ For Mac

During the 1990s, Borland 's TurboC++ was a highly popular C++ IDE (integrated development environment) in most, if not all, education facilities where C++ was being taught on a regular basis.

Although it has been discontinued, Borland has released it as abandonware software on their website and a lot of schools still use this software as a simple and very easy to learn C++ editor, compiler, and debugger because of low system requirements and versatility.

Even though the development process for TurboC++ was completely stopped in the ‘90s, ways of installing and using it on modern operating systems have emerged, one of them, and probably the easiest one, being to create a wrapper with the help of the DosBox DOS emulator.

This allows one to still being able to use TurboC++ on a Windows 7 computer, on a Linux box or, as is our case, even on a Mac computer.

Installing our TurboC++ OS X wrapper app on your Mac is just a matter of clicking Next on each of the installer’s screens and, after the installation process is finished, you can run it from the Applications folder by double clicking the TurboC application that can be found within the TurboC++ folder.

The TurboC++ app will start in windowed mode, but, if you want too, you can also use it in full-screen mode with the help of the OPTION+ENTER keyboard shortcut. To disable to the windowed mode you have to press the same hot-key again.

Aside from the same old school looks you were used too, TurboC++ still comes packed with a ton of highly useful development tools like an integrated compiler, a debugger, a C++ editor with a full-fledged help system, as well as an inbuilt maker, linker and builder combo designed to help you get the job done in no time.

In a nutshell, if you’re missing the times when writing and building C++ programs was all about a CRT monitor and an IDE with a blue background, this TurboC++ wrapper app makes it possible for you to install it on your Mac and take advantage of all its built-in tools and features, to once again experience the joy of programming using a text only environment.