Imagine: a compiler that creates applications or desk accessories from the same source code, with only a one or two line change. Impossible? Read on. That compiler will work interactively, so that you ...

Volume Number: 21 (2005) Issue Number: 7 Column Tag: Programming Save Our Screens 102 How To Write A Mac OS X Screen Saver, Part 2 by David Hill Introduction In the last article, we covered some ...

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The medical industry is studying ways of viewing medical imagery on the computer. Doctors are using computer graphics to plan operations before going into the operating room. In fact, entire ...

The calculation of the square root of a floating-point number is a frequently encountered task. However, the PowerPC processors don't have a square root instruction. The implementation presented here ...

PowerPC Function Calls It helps to know all that stuff that compilers take for granted. By Richard Clark, General Magic Note: Source code files accompanying article are located on MacTech CD-ROM or ...

Apple working on portable electronic device for photo... An Apple patent (number 8305355) for a portable electronic device for photo management has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. A ...