gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (08/04/88)
I think BYTE's glory days were when they did theme issues, the
"SmallTalk" issue being one of the most famous. I always think of
BYTE magazine as being like IEEE Computer for the general public --
many intriguing surveys and somewhat ambitious hardware & software
projects. It's especially fun to take something enigmatic to many
people (like a compiler), and try to show just how easy it is to write
a simple one.
Lately, BYTE's hardware-review-hyping covers have put it in the same
class as PC Magazine. I gave up my subscription in 1980, after BYTE
took its first nosedive. Now BYTE is in the midst of a second nosedive.
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gilliesdkhusema@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann) (08/08/88)
From article <79700003@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, by gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu: > > ... > > Lately, BYTE's hardware-review-hyping covers have put it in the same > class as PC Magazine. I gave up my subscription in 1980, after BYTE > took its first nosedive. Now BYTE is in the midst of a second nosedive. ^^^^^^^^ Nosedive? I'd call it system shutdown ... > Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois > 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801 > ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies ------------------ Smile, tomorrow will be worse! ------------- Email: dkhusema@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Or: {pyramid,unido}!fauern!faui44!dkhusema Mail: Dirk Husemann, Aufsess-Str. 19, D-8520 Erlangen, West Germany Phone: (Home) +49 9131 302036, (Business) +49 9131 857908 ------------------ Did I say smile? Forget it! ---------------- --------------- My opinions are mine, mine, mine --------------