HG> To make large and fast programs I started using assembler, and later   
    HG> I learned Turbo Pascal and also tried Turbo C. I stuck with Pascal.   
      
      Ah yes, those were the days. Me too BTW.   
      
      The PASCAL fido echo was where I spent most of my fido time in the early   
   1990s. I even got quite a lot of snippets into the SWAG archive. Nowadays all   
   the old mirrors seem to give you a 404, but my copy is still available at   
      
      http://eljaco.se/SWAG/   
      
      And the revolutionary concept of embedded assembler code in TP7 did give   
   programs a real boost, such as in my "The Fastest Pi Calculator Ever":   
      
      http://eljaco.se/files/TURBO/CALCPI.ZIP   
      
      
      
      
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