1987 13.07 1989

Vol.13 n°7 (#141) july 1988

Vol.13 n°7 (#141) july 1988

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p.6 EDITORIAL (p.337 in reprint volume 13)

p.6 EDITORIAL (p.337 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.18 HyperAnimation (p.341 in reprint volume 13)

p.18 HyperAnimation (p.341 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Elon Gasper]

If you thought talking heads like Max Headroom were science fiction, guess again. In this article Elon talks about the technology behind HyperAnimator, a Macintosh product that lets you add synchronized animated heads and sound to produce a lifelike effect.

p.36 SQL Development Tools (p.349 in reprint volume 13)

p.36 SQL Development Tools (p.349 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Mike Geary]

Mike talks about SQL and provides an introduction to SQLWindows, an SQL development tool he wrote. Along the way he also talks about developing for the Microsoft Windows and the Macintosh environments.

p.46 Pattern Matching by Gestalt (p.355 in reprint volume 13)

p.46 Pattern Matching by Gestalt (p.355 in reprint volume 13)

[author : John W. Ratcliff]

String comparison routines are often limited to finding exact matches. John describes an algorithm (implemented in assembly language) that gives matches as percentages.

REVIEW

REVIEW

p.52 EXAMINING ROOM (p.359 in reprint volume 13)

p.52 EXAMINING ROOM (p.359 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Bruce Tonkin]

Heated competition has led to increasingly more powerful Basic compilers. Bruce reports on "the state of Basic" with an examination of Microsoft’s Basic 6.0 and Quick Basic's 3.0 and 4.0, as well as Borland’s Turbo Basic 1.1.

COLUMNS

COLUMNS

p.116 C CHEST (p.376 in reprint volume 13)

p.116 C CHEST (p.376 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Allen Holub]

This month, Allen takes a look at shell redirection and offers two programs for dealing with shell archives in the Unix system and MS-DOS. He also has some thoughts on the latest book from Kernighan and Ritchie.

p.122 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.379 in reprint volume 13)

p.122 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (p.379 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Kent Porter]

Back in our November 1987 issue, Kent demonstrated how to code pop-ups, pull downs, and menu bars in Turbo C. Now he’s back with an improved version for Turbo Pascal.

p.130 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS (p.383 in reprint volume 13)

p.130 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS (p.383 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Michael Swaine]

Paradigms in Collision. This month, Mike considers the parallels (so to speak) between the paradigm shifts of cognitive psychology in the 1970s and the growing interest in neural networks.

FORUM

FORUM

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.338 in reprint volume 13)

p.8 RUNNING LIGHT (p.338 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Tyler Sperry ]

p.12 LETTERS (p.339 in reprint volume 13)

p.12 LETTERS (p.339 in reprint volume 13)

[author : you]

p.14 CARTOON (p.340 in reprint volume 13)

p.14 CARTOON (p.340 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Joe Sikoryak]

p.144 SWAINE'S FLAMES (p.390 in reprint volume 13)

p.144 SWAINE'S FLAMES (p.390 in reprint volume 13)

[author : Michael Swaine]

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES

p.138 OF INTEREST (p.388 in reprint volume 13)

p.138 OF INTEREST (p.388 in reprint volume 13)

brief product descriptions

p.128 ADVERTISER INDEX (not in reprint volume 13)

p.128 ADVERTISER INDEX (not in reprint volume 13)

Where to go for more information on products.

p.140 PROGRAMMER’S MARKET PLACE (not in reprint volume 13)

p.140 PROGRAMMER’S MARKET PLACE (not in reprint volume 13)

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