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EDITORIAL: Sharing (p.159 in reprint volume 11)
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EDITORIAL: Sharing (p.159 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Michael Swaine]
#Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
ARTICLES
p.24
MATH: A Variable Metric Minimizer (p.168 in reprint volume 11)
p.24
MATH: A Variable Metric Minimizer (p.168 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Joe Marasco]
Unconstrained minimization seeks the minimum of a
function regardless of its form: polynomial,
transcendental, or weird.
p.36
PASCAL: Concurrency and Turbo Pascal (p.175 in reprint volume 11)
p.36
PASCAL: Concurrency and Turbo Pascal (p.175 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Ernest E. Bergmann]
Coroutines are an important feature of Modula-2 and Ada;
here is a straightforward approach to implementing
coroutines in Turbo Pascal.
p.40
FUTURE PROGRAMMING: The Problems of Parallelism (p.178 in reprint volume 11)
p.40
FUTURE PROGRAMMING: The Problems of Parallelism (p.178 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Michael Swaine]
Will the future be parallel?
p.44
MS DOS: Speeding MS DOS Execution (p.180 in reprint volume 11)
p.44
MS DOS: Speeding MS DOS Execution (p.180 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Gregg Weissman]
Inspired by Dave Cortesi's puzzles regarding MS DOS
execution speed, the author interrogated the operating
system for the solution.
p.50
PORTABILITY: Automatic Porting Between Pascal Dialects (p.184 in reprint volume 11)
p.50
PORTABILITY: Automatic Porting Between Pascal Dialects (p.184 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Michael J. Sorens]
This article presents a proven technique for automating
the task of porting your programs from one Pascal to another.
p.108
PORTABILITY: COM: An 8080 Simulator for the MC68000 (p.215 in reprint volume 11)
p.108
PORTABILITY: COM: An 8080 Simulator for the MC68000 (p.215 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Jim Cathey]
COLUMNS
COLUMNS
p.14
C CHEST: The Last of the Shell Support Routines (p.163 in reprint volume 11)
p.14
C CHEST: The Last of the Shell Support Routines (p.163 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Allen Holub]
Allen wraps up the DOS shell with the last of the support routines.
p.122
THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE: Square Roots on the NS32000 (p.224 in reprint volume 11)
p.122
THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE: Square Roots on the NS32000 (p.224 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Richard Campbell]
National Semiconductor's 320XX processors were designed
with high-level language compilation in mind. Code and
benchmarks in C and 320XX assembly language show
some interesting differences.
FORUM
FORUM
p.8
LETTERS: Comment by you (p.160 in reprint volume 11)
p.8
LETTERS: Comment by you (p.160 in reprint volume 11)
p.8
CARTOON: Parallel Processing (p.160 in reprint volume 11)
p.8
CARTOON: Parallel Processing (p.160 in reprint volume 11)
[author : Rand Renfroe]
PROGRAMMERS' SERVICES
PROGRAMMERS' SERVICES
p.124
OF INTEREST: New products of interest to programmers (p.226 in reprint volume 11)
p.124
OF INTEREST: New products of interest to programmers (p.226 in reprint volume 11)
p.128
ADVERTISER INDEX: Where to find that ad (not in reprint volume 11)
p.128
ADVERTISER INDEX: Where to find that ad (not in reprint volume 11)