Another few months, another issue. I don’t know if there is any special significance to putting out issue #20, but it looks nice to have a zero in the 1’s place.
One thing nice to report is that the number of QHJ readers is increasing (at least direct readers). I keep running into more QLers on the Internet. I find some and some find me. The e-mail list is now over 120 (mostly outside the US). The hard copy mailing list is in the mid-30’s (mostly in the US). I have no idea how many people read the QHJ through friends, BBS’s, and archives on the Internet.
One bit of news; there will be a QL show in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, on 10 June. The show has moved from Newport, Rhode Island, where it has been held two times in the past. I plan to attend (it’s only about a 5 hour drive for me). I’ll bring some QHJ issues, all past issues on disk, my Sinclair Internet Resouce list, and disks with Freeware programming languages and tools. Hope to see you there.
I’ve noticed two things in the latest issue of the International QL Report. Pedro Reina talks about QLIMPO, a C tool that helps write code for different platforms (currently QDOS and MS-DOS, but with an eye out for UNIX). QLIMPO is comprised of 17 objects with 156 functions. Pedro has tried to use an Object-Oriented approach to writing this package. QLIMPO is placed in the public domain and all documentation is in Spanish. More details can be found in the March/April 1995 issue of IQLR.
The other is an article by Norman Dunbar entitled “The PE – an idiot’s guide!” This is a simple article on the Pointer Environment, what it does, how it works, etc. Instead of getting into the PE manual, as a beginner this article is a must. This is the best, most detailed, article I have seen on the PE. I hope Norman (or someone) would consider putting this article out as a little pamphlet or booklet. It’s too good to remain just as an article in a newsletter/magazine. Needless to say, I really liked the article.