C was also designed to compile in one pass, hence the need for forward references. The preprocessor was extra overhead, though. Also, from my recollection, Tur

C was also designed to compile in one pass, hence the need for forward references. The preprocessor was extra overhead, though. Also, from my recollection, Turbo Pascal was not just faster than C compilers. It was also faster than other Pascal compilers. And pretty much any other computer regardless of language. That was part of its appeal.