Some Borland language tools' compilation speeds were insane. I remember them claiming 100s of KLOC per second compilation speed for their BCC++ and Delphi. Anec

Some Borland language tools' compilation speeds were insane. I remember them claiming 100s of KLOC per second compilation speed for their BCC++ and Delphi. Anecdotal experience bears it out. Even TP used to compile real fast. I read somewhere that early TP versions were written in tuned assembly.