jr@foros1.UUCP (John Rogers) (08/12/84)
ARTICLES: "SCISTAR: Greek and Math Symbols with WordStar" "What's the Diff? A File Comparator for CP/M Plus", by D. E. Cortesi [using Paul Heckel's algorithm, pretty fancy, uses hash sums, collapses duplicate lines, has source code in Pascal, generates an ED script.] "An Infinite Key Encryption System" [includes source code in 8080/Z80 assembler] "A Small-C Concordance Generator", by John Staneff [includes source code in Small-C] COLUMNS: "Dr. Dobb's Clinic", by D. E. Cortesi [books on how to implement various math functions on computers; using SUBMIT files longer than 128 lines (you can't under CP/M v2); the old SAVE bug in MBASIC (the bug was translated from CP/M MBASIC to the IBM PC's BASICA); precision of BASIC single and double precision; polling loops in applications (vs. multiuser systems)] "16-Bit Software Toolbox", by Ran Duncan [MORE BENCHMARKS!] "C/UNIX Programmer's Notebook", by Anthony Skjellum [availability of Small-C for various systems; includes listing of "standard" fopen() and fclose() routines for BDS C] SOFTWARE REVIEWS: PC-Write, PC Small-C 2.0 [from The Coriolis Company] LETTERS: [one includes an 8080 assembler routine that runs under C, to search for strings within strings; another includes 8086 assembler source to play around with MS-DOS directory listings; another talks about a bugs in RMAC and DRI's lack of support (even when you pay $250/year for support)] Happy hacking! -- JR (John Rogers) ...ihnp4!fortune!foros1!jr also fortune!jr and proper!jr