[kwlug-disc] BYTE Magazine archives

[Mikalai Birukou]

>> I was more of a "PC Magazine" kind of guy, but for those of you who
>> read BYTE, I believe (I haven't fully tested it) that I've found the
>> whole catalogue in .pdf format:
>>
>> https://worldradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm
>
> Quote from an issue in the month I was born:
>
With continuation it is even more fun :) :

> ```
>
> PASCALCOSTSADDUP
>
> Iwould liketo respond to BYTEs commenton"PascalCritiqueanda
> Comment,"byJO'Loughlin(December 1978BYTE,page179).Ifeelthatthe
> UCSDPascalsystemisnotanaffordable implementationofPascal.Althoughthe
> softwarecosts"only"$200, youneed 56Kbytesofprogrammable memory to
> useitproductively ($800),plus8inch floppydisk($1000),andaterminalwith
> cursorcontrol ($1000).Add this toa $1000 mainframeandthis"affordable"
> system costs$4000. Compare this toa $600
> TRS-80!Sure,PascalismorereadablethanBASIC, butthereareother
>
considerations alreadydiscussedintheforum publishedwith your
comment.Remember,allprogramminglanguagesare
equivalent(eg:toaTuringmachine), sotherearenoprogramsthatwillrunin
Pascalthatwon'truninBASIC.
    Idon'tmeanto defend BASIC.It's slowandarchaic. Butit(andFORTRAN)
havelastedmuch longer than anyofthe blockstructuredlanguages:ALGOL,
PL/1,SIMULA,etc. (By"last,"Imean thatitisstillinpopularuse.)How long
willPascallast?Theideasbehind blockstructuredlanguagesaregreat,but
theyhaveyet tobeimplementedinan optimal form.

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Few years later, in the university Pascal will be used. Tricky questions
of the day would be function pointers, and passing them as callbacks.