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From time to time, visitors to this site send us opinion articles addressing a current issue in the TI community. This is a list of articles we've posted in the past, which you can read with their corresponding discussions.

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Articles

Title	Description	Author	Date
Is it Time to Replace TI-BASIC?	Problems with TI-BASIC and why a new language is needed.	George Limpert	21 February 2005
The Future of Calculating	An analysis of where we are and where we can go from here.	Michael McElroy	1 May 2003
The State of the TI Community	Views on how it's changed in recent months.	Justin Karneges	14 April 1999
Are They Necessary?	The author discusses the privilege of a graphing calculator.	Shane Burgess	4 March 1999
BASIC Doesn't Have to Be That Basic	Comments on possibilities of extending the features and functionality of BASIC programming using special assembly functions and programs.	Patrick Wilson	24 January 1999
The Possibilities of Calculator Shareware	Comments on the possibilities and problems of calculator shareware.	Benjamin Kong	31 December 1999
Respect in the TI Community	Comments on the respect programmers have for each other.	Michael Bryan Cook	11 December 1998
Put the Calculator Away!	Comments on how students should abstain from playing calculator games or else teachers will prohibit them.	Jimi	19 November 1998
BASIC Library Functions	Comments on developing TI-BASIC libraries for the TI-89/92/92+ graphing calculators.	Dennis Lambre Jr.	19 November 1998
The TI Programming Alliance	How a programming alliance should be formed to produce better programs.	Patrick Wilson	23 September 1998
Creating the Ultimate GUI	The features an ultimate GUI for the TI-86 should have.	Philip Gossling	8 September 1998
Z80 Emulation on 68K Calculators	How programmers should make a Z80 emulator on the TI-89 and TI-92 Plus.	Michael Bryan Cook	8 September 1998
Let's Team Up to Game On!	The pros and cons of programming games in teams.	Alan Wong	6 September 1998
Building OSes for Flash ROM Calculators	Building an OS for the TI-89 and TI-92 Plus.	Matthew Stits	6 September 1998
Calc Crypto and the GPC	Commenting on developing industrial-strength encryption for TI graphing calculators.	S.T.L.	3 September 1998
Plug and Play TI	Commenting on developing a "Plug and Play" program for TI graphing calculators, and more specifically the creation of skeleton games.	Kyle Everett	2 September 1998
What Makes a Good Game	Commenting on the components of a good game.	Alan Wong	1 September 1998
Of Mice and Math Programs	Commenting on the lack of good math and science programs.	S.T.L.	28 August 1998
Cheap Computing, The Future of TI Calculators	How cheap computing may be the future of TI graphing calculators.	S.T.L.	26 August 1998
Cross Compiling	The need for a cross-calculator compiling tool.	Michael Cook	12 August 1998
Universal Key-Press System	The need for a universal key-press system for all calculators.	Phil Killewald	10 August 1998
Math Class Helpers	How math programs should act more like functions to speed the process of solving multi-step problems.	Brad Sliger	6 August 1998
Why Big Assembly Coding Projects Are Possible	The possibilities of big assembly coding projects, especially on the TI-92 and HP48.	Gerard Imbert	29 July 1998
TI Calculator Support on Linux	The lack of good software for Linux and other platforms.	Nick Davis	22 July 1998
The Future of Assembly Programs	Thoughts on the future of assembly programs, especially applications.	Douglas Ward	4 July 1998
BASIC Shells	Numerous BASIC shells for calculators with built-in assembly support.	Kirk Meyer	1 July 1998
Documentation Lacking	How documentation is lagging behind programming.	Achton Nick Nethercliff	11 October 1997
Shell Wars	Thoughts about the numerous assembly shells for the TI-85.	Michael Wyman	17 September 1997