<s>
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
shortened	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
executable	O
,	O
TASM	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
assembler	O
for	O
software	O
development	O
published	O
by	O
Borland	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
and	O
produces	O
code	O
for	O
16	O
-	O
or	O
32-bit	O
x86	B-Operating_System
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
compatible	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Borland	O
's	O
other	O
language	O
products	O
:	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
,	O
Turbo	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
Turbo	B-Application
C	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Turbo	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
package	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
Turbo	O
Linker	B-Application
and	O
is	O
interoperable	O
with	O
Turbo	B-Application
Debugger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Borland	O
advertised	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
as	O
being	O
2-3	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
its	O
primary	O
competitor	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Macro	I-Application
Assembler	I-Application
(	O
MASM	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TASM	B-Application
can	O
assemble	O
source	O
in	O
a	O
MASM-compatible	O
mode	O
or	O
an	O
ideal	O
mode	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object-Oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
was	O
added	O
in	O
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
is	O
5.4	O
,	O
with	O
files	O
dated	O
1996	O
and	O
patches	O
up	O
to	O
2010	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
included	O
with	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
C++Builder	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
TASM	B-Application
itself	O
is	O
a	O
16-bit	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
run	O
on	O
16	O
-	O
and	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
produce	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
versions	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
generate	O
64-bit	O
x86	B-Operating_System
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
program	O
that	O
prints	O
'	O
Merry	O
Christmas	O
!	O
</s>
