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From: brownc@utah-cs.UUCP (Eric C. Brown)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.micro
Subject: Re: Is There A Doctor In The House?  Is He Alive and Well?
Message-ID: <3461@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 12:39:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  3 12:39:33 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Sep-85 02:54:24 EDT
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Summary: 

In article <1824@bmcg.UUCP> yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) writes:
>Well, it appears that everyone in the world is writing in C, running it
>under UNIX on an IBM-PC.  But perhaps not; let's look further...

No, it appears that everyone in the world is writing articles about C that 
runs under un*x on an I*M pc.

>Talks a lot about assembly language.  Doesn't say they will publish
>any assembly language programs; just talks about it.  Sigh.

They can't publish what they don't recieve.  So why don't you submit some
articles on (yech) assembly language programs??

>[This guy should be required to name two magazines that "do a fine
>job of covering hardware."]

Well, there's a new magazine out called ComputerSmyth that is supposed to cover
hardware, and then there's micro cornucopia, and the reborn Micro/Systems...

>Meta Question:  When is someone going to publish an honest-to-gosh
>COMPUTER magazine?  You know, with beginner-to-advanced articles on
>hardware and software, packages and techniques, chips and languages,
>snatches fo code and public-domain operating systems, that is not driven
>to one particular market.  I'm TIRED to death of C and UNIX and IBM PC's.
>I always used DDJ as a stick to beat back BYTE, but now what?

When the flip are the editors going to RECIEVE some articles on whatever 
you want??  Personally, Forth (and C) makes me puke, but this month's articles
were rather impressive.  Perhaps we are not enlightened out here in the sticks,
so we are easily impressed by some algorithms.  Personally, I would have
preferred to see something else besides yet another sorting and searching
article, but at least these weren't yet another rehash of Bubble&Shell&Quick
sort.

Eric C. Brown
brownc@utah-cs
Execute People, not Programs.