[author : Michael Swaine] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[author : Ronald G. White]

Ronald describes how a quadtree, a tree data structure that can have four child nodes for each node, can be used in a recursive scheme for compressing image data.

[author : Russell Nelson]

Archiving (compressing) text files saves disk space and, when transferring files between systems, saves time. Russell compares and contrasts several ARC programs that are available in the MS-DOS world.

[author : Robert D. Grappel]

A simple and nearly optimal algorithm to speed up that time-consuming operation—integer multiplication.

[author : Allen Holub]

Allen continues the description of his nroff-like text editor, nr. In the Flotsam and Jetsam section, he takes Kernighan and Ritchie to task for their eccentric definitions of some common words.

[author : Ray Duncan]

It's the usual eclectic collection of fun and useful facts from Ray and his readers this month, including sources of information on the 80386 and assembly languages, a hint about writing adapting I/O routines, and a letter from a reader countering Ray's attacks on high-level languages.

[author : Namir Clemment Shammas]

Namir compares three flavors of BASIC: True BASIC, BASICA, and QuickBASIC.

[author : Ernest R. Tello]

Ernie gives us an overview of object-oriented LISP and talks with some LISP mavens about the future of the language.

[author : Nick Turner]

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[author : Michael Swaine]

A look at how the "new wave" BASICS support user-defined libraries.

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