QL Hacker’s Journal 18

Date: August 1994
Issue: 18
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Articles

TitleDescriptionComputers
Approximate String MatchingIn past issues, string matching has been a reaccuring theme. In the April 1994 issue of “C Users Journal” there was an article on string matching that uses a different algorithm for guessing how close two strings are; Frequency Distribution. Frequency Distribution counts how many occurances of each letter appear in the word. For “test”,Sinclair QL
Complex ASCII RotationWhile reading one of the many computer magazines that I read in a month (got to have something to do while I eat my lunch), I read an article in which the columnist talked about security and mail. He was commenting about how open Internet mail (and e-mail in general) is fairly open and easySinclair QL
Editor's ForumThis is the second issue that is far later that I would like. Let me explain the reason why. Back in March I was told that I was being matrixed to do computer support for the B-2 Bomber Systems Program Office. What this job entails is managing a computer and telecommunications branch. I have threeSinclair QL
HELLO, WORLDIn a number of recent postings to alt.folklore.computers, the answer to the question “What’s the shortest ‘Hello, World’ program for a specific language? For those that don’t know, ‘Hello, World’ is the first program used in K&R’s book on C and is synonomus with the simplest program to write as a beginner. The whole scopeSinclair QL
Natural LanguageA while back I asked for some help in porting a program listed in the C Users Journal. Emiliano Barbaini of Italy volunteered to help. I sent him the code and in return he sent me back the changes he made to get the program to run on the QL and on an BULL DPX/2.Sinclair QL