1987 13.04 1989

Vol.13 n°4 (#138) april 1988

Vol.13 n°4 (#138) april 1988

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p.6 EDITORIAL (p.169 in reprint volume 13)

p.6 EDITORIAL (p.169 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Tyler Sperry] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.18 Creating an Adventurous Language (p.173 in reprint volume 13)

p.18 Creating an Adventurous Language (p.173 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Jonathan Amsterdam]

Jonathan describes AAL, a language based on LISP that includes features from both object-oriented and declarative languages.

p.40 Topics in Knowledge-Based Languages (p.181 in reprint volume 13)

p.40 Topics in Knowledge-Based Languages (p.181 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Bill and Bev Thompson]

The development of expert systems has often emphasized the paradigms of the subject area and their representation, often to the point of hindering rapid development and change. Bill and Bev describe flexible new structures called Topics that give knowledge-based system designers the advantages of both hypertext and declarative languages.

p.50 Theorem Proving Using Semantic Resolution (p.185 in reprint volume 13)

p.50 Theorem Proving Using Semantic Resolution (p.185 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Anthony J. Dos Reis]

For those of you into propositional logic, Anthony offers working code (in C) for experimenting with "mechanical" theorem proving.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

p.136 EXAMINING ROOM (p.217 in reprint volume 13)

p.136 EXAMINING ROOM (p.217 in reprint volume 13)

[author : coordinated by Bon Copeland]

Products examined from the programmer’s perspective. This month: Version 2.0 of the Brief editor, Guideline’s C + + , and the Turbo Professional 4.0 library from Turbo Power.

COLUMNS

COLUMNS

p.98 C CHEST (p.200 in reprint volume 13)

p.98 C CHEST (p.200 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Allen Holub]

Improving on an old standard, Allen tears into printf() to add new features.

p.106 TO THE MACS (p.205 in reprint volume 13)

p.106 TO THE MACS (p.205 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Stan Krute]

Updates on QUED/M, TMON, and HFS Navigator, as well as code for a HyperCard Scouting Toolkit.

p.118 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.210 in reprint volume 13)

p.118 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.210 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Kent Porter]

Updating Niklaus Wirth with a LineDrawing graphics module in (what else?) Modula-2.

p.130 THE FORTH COLUMN (p.214 in reprint volume 13)

p.130 THE FORTH COLUMN (p.214 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Martin Tracy]

A report on the 9th FORML, the latest on the ANSI FORTH effort, and other news.

FORUM

FORUM

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.170 in reprint volume 13)

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.170 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Tyler Sperry]

p.12 LETTERS (p.171 in reprint volume 13)

p.12 LETTERS (p.171 in reprint volume 13)

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p.14 CARTOON (p.172 in reprint volume 13)

p.14 CARTOON (p.172 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Joe Sikoryak]

p.152 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.223 in reprint volume 13)

p.152 SWAINE’S FLAMES (p.223 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Michael Swaine]

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

p.129 ADVERTISER INDEX (not in reprint volume 13)

p.129 ADVERTISER INDEX (not in reprint volume 13)

Where to go for more information on products.

p.144 OF INTEREST (p.220 in reprint volume 13)

p.144 OF INTEREST (p.220 in reprint volume 13)