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   From: reply1040@merlyn.demon.co.uk   
      
   In comp.lang.pascal.borland message , Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:10:49, CP/M User   
    posted:   
      
   >Appologies for the post - so embarrased to see that a simple ORD gives   
   >me the result! :o Even wrote another program somewhere which tests the   
   >ORD function! :o   
      
   ISTM possible that ORD is implemented for you as a true function, in   
   which case   byte('A')   should be faster and so better than ORD('A') -   
   if it works on your system.   
      
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