WHERE ARE THE PROGRAMMERS?
You all know that the UK glossy magazines feature very little about
the Atari and one of the reasons put forward is that nobody sends them
any material. Well, I am beginning to wonder whether that is true.
Whilst much appreciation goes to those readers who have submitted
articles and programs, the initial response seems to have dried up and
we need more articles and programs for future issues.
If it is true that most people do not submit Atari programs to
magazines, I wonder why? There could be two reasons. The first is that
nobody writes any programs and the majority of owners spend all of their
time playing games. If that is what you are doing, then put down your
joystick read the articles and programs in this magazine and start
writing some programs. It is not that difficult and you really don't
know what you are missing. The real joy in owning a computer is in
creating something of your own. Simple or complex, it doesn't really
matter. When you finish your first program you will experience great
satisfaction. The second reason could be that you look at some of the
truly remarkable commercial software and think Wow! I could NEVER write
anything like that! OK, so maybe you can't ... yet! So be content with
what you can write. Pick up some ideas from magazines, improve them or
write something similar. Pay attention to the little details of
presentation and you can write a program, long or short, that you can be
proud of. Sit down now and start to write something. When you have
finished, send it in to show other readers that we Atari owners can
after all write programs. The magazine is totally dependent on your
contributions.
Let's hear from you. It's your magazine.
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