April 1995 / Letters

Responding to Rafe	I'm taking Raphael Needleman up on his invitation in "Information Underload" (February Editorial).
Chintzy on the Test Results	If the intent of the January Lab Report was to answer the question, "Which is the best monitor among the 17-, 20-, and 21-inch classes?", it missed the boat.
An Unfocused Rant	In "Networks for the Enterprise" (February), the author rates Windows NT above OS/2 LAN Server.
Apple's Newton MessagePad Phones Home	I find BYTE's coverage of late-breaking technology and its practical applications excellent reading.
OS/2 Drivers for Graphics	Why did February's Lab Report, "True-Color Graphics Accelerators," fail to cover any OS/2 driver support or benchmark results?
Benchmarks	The BYTE/NSTL Lab Report "True-Color Graphics Accelerators" (February) w as great.
RFA (Request for Algorithm)	I found John Cuadrado's "Mining Statistics" (February) very interesting.
Solutions-R-Us	Having read Rick Grehan's "Seer-Sem Offers Realistic Forecasting for Programmers" (September 1994, page 34), which describes Galorath Associates' expert system for estimating the size, cost, and resources of a development project, we are now negotiating with Galorath for distributorship of Seer-Sem in India.
An Incomplete Definition	On page 72 of the February issue, Oliver Sharp defines numerical analysis as the study of errors caused by computer arithmetic.
Programming in Prolog	Dick Pountain's "Constraint Logic Programming" (February) propagates the myth of Prolog's poor execution performance as the main hindrance to its commercial acceptance.
Silver-Streak Saute	The following oversights occur in Stan Miastkowski's "Daisy-Chain Ethernet" (January): Silver-satin telephone line cord is 26-gauge stranded, not 18 gauge.

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