* Reference manuals shipped with compiler and good reference books were gold
* You could learn the entire API/SDK/Framework and keep it in your head
* Blocks of assembly were a legit way to improve your code's performance
* OOP was hitting mainstream along with all the new ideas and approaches (and pain) it entailed
* Turbo Pascal rocked for DOS development
* Source control was iffy/non-existent
* I loved it
* Reference manuals shipped with compiler and good reference books were gold
* You could learn the entire API/SDK/Framework and keep it in your head
* Blocks of assembly were a legit way to improve your code's performance
* OOP was hitting mainstream along with all the new ideas and approaches (and pain) it entailed
* Turbo Pascal rocked for DOS development
* Source control was iffy/non-existent
* I loved it