[author : Tom Williams] #Edito

Extract : «  The third volume of Dr. Dobb's Journal represented a year of growth and maturity in the field of small computers, a maturity evident among manufacturers and users. Although Dr. Dobb’s has always been primarily a software journal, Volume III reflects this increased sophistication with a substantial increase in the number of software articles. It branched out to include more microprocessors, most notably the 6502, used in the Apple, PET, and KIM 1. Software was somewhat different from that submitted in 1977; the earlier emphasis on systems yielded to the exploration of programming languages and to theoretical articles on computing in general. New implementations of languages for microcomputers SAM-76, UCSD PASCAL, BASEX, and FORTH were given extensive treatment. [...]  »