XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 05:37:02 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
   >    TP was a TOTAL REVOLUTION ... not only because of the integrated   
   >    development environment but because of the BLAZING compilation speed.   
      
   My first go around with Turbo Pascal was the typical 'hello world' I   
   though the compiler was broken when it finished immediately. Zolman's BDS   
   C compiler was quite an accomplishment for a 20 year old hacker but fast   
   it wasn't.   
      
   BDS:  Brain Damaged Software   
      
   After Microsoft worked from Lattice C and polished it up a few times it   
   was much more sophisticated (and expensive) but that was in the future.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)