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# The Hanoi Tower

This version of the old game of moving a tower of disks from one peg to another, with one intermediate peg, has two interesting features. First, it shows the application of recursive programming which provides an elegant keel of code for the movement of the disks. Second, it gives an example of the use of color blocks in different layers. This program is set up for the “Skip Fisher” RBG or a color composite TV.