1985 11.09 1987

Vol.11 n°9 (#119) september 1986

Vol.11 n°9 (#119) september 1986

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p.6 EDITORIAL (p.601 in reprint volume 11)

p.6 EDITORIAL (p.601 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Michael Swaine] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.24 ALGORITHMS: Curve Fitting with Cubic Splines (p.609 in reprint volume 11)

p.24 ALGORITHMS: Curve Fitting with Cubic Splines (p.609 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Ian E. Ashdown]

Ian presents a program that can connect a set of points with a smooth curve or interpolate a surface between points plotted in three dimensions.

p.32 ALGORITHMS: A First-Order Sorting Algorithm (p.615 in reprint volume 11)

p.32 ALGORITHMS: A First-Order Sorting Algorithm (p.615 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Robert A. McIvor]

The radix sort sometimes can perform electronic sorts faster than the exchange-based algorithms usually employed on computers.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

p.36 LANGUAGES: Turbo Prolog: The Language (p.618 in reprint volume 11)

p.36 LANGUAGES: Turbo Prolog: The Language (p.618 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Michael Swaine]

Our editor-in-chief examines some of the claims being made. Is it really faster? Is it full PROLOG? Is it a useful tool?

p.46 HARDWARE: High-Speed Thrills (p.624 in reprint volume 11)

p.46 HARDWARE: High-Speed Thrills (p.624 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Mike Elkins and Steve King]

Installing an accelerator board is a relatively inexpensive way to give an IBM PC, PC/XT, or compatible the throughput of a PC/AT. We benchmarked six of these boards.

COLUMNS

COLUMNS

p.14 C CHEST: Directory Traversal, Trailing ^Zs, and Horrifying Experiences (p.605 in reprint volume 11)

p.14 C CHEST: Directory Traversal, Trailing ^Zs, and Horrifying Experiences (p.605 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Allen Holub]

A program that performs a number of functions with directory trees, a utility to let Microsoft's Macro Assembler read ^Z terminated files, and a tale of woe

p.108 16-BIT SOFTWARE TOOLBOX: MS-DOS Book, DOS File Handles, and More (p.659 in reprint volume 11)

p.108 16-BIT SOFTWARE TOOLBOX: MS-DOS Book, DOS File Handles, and More (p.659 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Ray Duncan]

Other topics addressed by Ray and his readers include the VDISK-related crashes mentioned in April and problems with resident programs doing file I/O.

p.114 THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE: The Worm Memory Test (p.662 in reprint volume 11)

p.114 THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE: The Worm Memory Test (p.662 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Jan W. Steinman]

A self-overlaying test to help diagnose memory errors

FORUM

FORUM

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Nick Turner]

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

p.8 LETTERS (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

p.8 LETTERS (p.602 in reprint volume 11)

[author : you]

p.128 SWAINE'S FLAMES: Tiny Star Wars? (p.668 in reprint volume 11)

p.128 SWAINE'S FLAMES: Tiny Star Wars? (p.668 in reprint volume 11)

[author : Michael Swaine]

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

p.73 DR. DOBB'S CATALOG: (not in reprint volume 11)

p.73 DR. DOBB'S CATALOG: (not in reprint volume 11)

DDJ products — all in one place

p.118 OF INTEREST: (p.664 in reprint volume 11)

p.118 OF INTEREST: (p.664 in reprint volume 11)

New products of interest

p.126 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 11)

p.126 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 11)

Where to find those ads