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The builtin help in Borland IDE's was supreme. I used to everyday choose a random help page, read it, copy the example and modify it until I understood what it did. That's probably the best programming tutor I ever had and how I learned programming by myself in my teens without Internet.


This, and the help in QuickBasic has not been beaten for how instant they were.

Hit F1 on some bit of code and instantly see help on the keyword, very quickly find stuff via the index etc.


The help in QBasic/TP made me the man I am today




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