[ArkyBeagle]

Turbo Pascal was common before Turbo 'C' in the US as well. I personally was rather relieved to change from Pascal to 'C'. It's possible that that transition helped me to understand how to use 'C' safely.

With Pascal, I recall having to use more assembler.

[pjmlp]

I would say that from my vague memories, Turbo C 2.0 wasn't much different from Turbo Pascal 5.x and 6.0.

I had to use Assembly in both cases.

[ArkyBeagle]

I was writing protocol drivers, and 'C' is better for that.