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+# Russian Peasant Multiplication
+
+From Assembly to Basic to Javascript. Here is an implementation of Russian Peasant Multiplication implemented in various languages:
+
+* 6502 Assembly Language (Both ca65 and merlin32 sources)
+* Applesoft BASIC
+* JavaScript (Procedural version)
+* JavaScript (OOP version)
+
+An .dsk image has been provided as an convenience.
+
+To see how much faster the Assembly version is then the BASIC version:
+
+```
+RUN  RPM.BAS
+BRUN RPM.BIN
+```
+
+And enter in `123456789` * `987654321` respectively for A and B ...
+
+| Version   | Time |
+|:----------|:-----|
+| Applesoft | 33 s |
+| Assembly  | ~1 s |
+