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Subject: Forth in the Computer Journal
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Date: 13 Jan 91 04:15:04 GMT
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Category 13,  Topic 1
Message 7         Sat Jan 12, 1991
C.MCEWEN                     at 11:54 EST
 
Well, I must say that discovering this message category is quite interesting!
After being a subscriber for some time to The Computer Journal (TCJ), I
recently took over for Art as the editor and publisher. Issue number 48 was
mailed at the end of last month, and we have number 49 closed out now, but I
would like to confirm Dave's message that TCJ is very interested in serving
the Forth community.

Matt Mercaldo has been doing a series on controlling stepper motors, leading
to an introduction to robotics, using Forth as his environment. We have been
following the Harris efforts (and recent withdrawal) and are proceeding on
with practical applications with embedded controllers. I guess the comment
that TCJ is a rather eclectic group (I see it as a group of good people, with
a technical journal as a meeting place, rather than just a half pound of
paper) is a good description. But we all have one thing in common: we are
looking  for more than just a product review to keep us informed.

I told an author who expressed an interest in submitting an article that our
readers are quite literate and capable. Any article that answers all the
questions went too far and hand-fed the reader. I'd see that as an insult,
myself. Instead, the articles in TCJ tend to open your eyes to the
possibilities of different approaches to a common problem or different uses of
a common solution. When you are done with an article, you should have
sufficient information to continue the learning experience on your own
equipment. In fact, that is where some of our best articles come from: what
readers did with previous information and how they adapted it to their needs.

Anyway, I just wanted to express my thoughts on TCJ and Forth. We continue a
joint commitment to each other. If anyone wants to have a trial subscription,
jote me a note with name and address. The subscription rates are $18/1 year
and $32/2 year (US), $24/1 year, $46/2 year (outside US, surface). If you
don't like  the journal, just cancel the invoice and send it back. No risk.

The new address is:    The Computer Journal
                       Socrates Press
                       P.O. Box 12
                       S. Plainfield, NJ 07080-0012

Or email to C.MCEWEN, here on GEnie.

PS: the call for good articles still exists. I want to see all the best there
is on Forth in TCJ! Might also note that we do not put interests of
advertisers before readership. This is a journal, not a magazine. Most income
is from subscriptions. Advertising, though accepted, is not our focus. I
mention that as I read some flaming regarding another (respected) publication.
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