1986 12.09 1988

Vol.12 n°9 (#131) september 1987

Vol.12 n°9 (#131) september 1987

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p.6 EDITORIAL (p.655 in reprint volume 12)

p.6 EDITORIAL (p.655 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Tyler Sperry] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.18 How Many Ways Can You Draw a Circle? (p.659 in reprint volume 12)

p.18 How Many Ways Can You Draw a Circle? (p.659 in reprint volume 12)

[author : James F. Blinn]

The fine art of circular reasoning, with numerous examples

p.28 A Survey of File Comparison Algorithms (p.666 in reprint volume 12)

p.28 A Survey of File Comparison Algorithms (p.666 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Tom Steppe]

Tom examines various alternative approaches in making a good file comparison utility and follows with C source for his own offering.

p.36 The XOR Chain Revisited (p.671 in reprint volume 12)

p.36 The XOR Chain Revisited (p.671 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Bennette R. Harris]

Here’s how to use the exclusive-OR operation to compress two pointers into a single link field of a doubly linked list.

p.44 Writing MS-DOS Device Drivers in C (p.676 in reprint volume 12)

p.44 Writing MS-DOS Device Drivers in C (p.676 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Andy Klein]

Andy uses an example print driver written in C to show how to write installable device drivers.

COLUMNS

COLUMNS

p.106 C CHEST (p.721 in reprint volume 12)

p.106 C CHEST (p.721 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Allen Holub]

Allen examines the use of the PC system clock and DOS interrupts in a metronome program he’s written for a MIDI application.

p.122 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.729 in reprint volume 12)

p.122 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.729 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Namir Clement Shammas]

Namir’s column begins with a look at V.I.P. (Visual Interactive Programming), an icon-based programming environment for the Mac. He also offers algorithms for optimizing searches and sorts of clustered binary trees.

p.128 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (p.734 in reprint volume 12)

p.128 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (p.734 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Ernest R. Tello]

Ernie takes a look at Digitalk’s Smalltalk/V for the PC.

FORUM

FORUM

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.656 in reprint volume 12)

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.656 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Tyler Sperry]

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.656 in reprint volume 12)

p.8 ARCHIVES (p.656 in reprint volume 12)

p.12 LETTERS (p.657 in reprint volume 12)

p.12 LETTERS (p.657 in reprint volume 12)

[author : you]

p.152 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.742 in reprint volume 12)

p.152 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.742 in reprint volume 12)

[author : Michael Swaine]

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

p.137 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 12)

p.137 ADVERTISER INDEX: (not in reprint volume 12)

Where to go for more information on products

p.142 OF INTEREST: (p.740 in reprint volume 12)

p.142 OF INTEREST: (p.740 in reprint volume 12)

Products for programmers