p.6 EDITORIAL
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
p.18 GUI DEVELOPMENT FOR DATABASE APPLICATIONS
[author : John Rodley]
John uses Easel and Enfin to build the front ends of a database with IBM's DB2/2 on the back end.
p.28 GUI DEVELOPMENT FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS
[author : Avram K. Tetewsky]
Although they take radically different approaches, both ControlCalc and LabView are designed for building GUI-based, real-time control applications.
p.44 A DUAL-UI CONSTRAINT EQUATION SOLVER IN C++
[author : Larry Medwin]
Larry creates a pair of constraint-equation solvers, one based on the InterViews GUI toolkit for the X Window System and the other driven by a tty interface. Both UIs are connected to a common equation-solving back end. Mark Linton adds an overview of the upcoming Fresco toolkit—the successor to InterViews.
p.52 RETHINKING MEMORY MANAGEMENT
[author : Arthur D. Applegate]
There's more than one way to skin memory management. Arthur first examines traditional approaches to the problem, then looks at alternative cross-platform memory-management techniques for speeding up allocation and minimizing swapping.
p.150 WRITING PCMCIA SOFTWARE
[author : Troy A. Miles]
The Cardinfo program presented here returns information about PCMCIA cards—those credit-card size solid-state devices used for everything from memory cards to hard disks that plug into your portable PC system.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
p.58 OPTIMIZING MC68882 CODE
[author : Gary McGrath]
The MC68882 floating-point coprocessor adds 46 instructions to the MC68020/030 32-bit microprocessor, substantially increasing the speed of floating-point calculations. Gary examines these instructions and finds certain combinations to be faster than others.
NETWORKED SYSTEMS
p.70 EXTENDING IMAKE
[author : Kamran Husain]
Imake generates platform-specific makefiles. Kamran examines imake templates and rule files, then extends Imakefiles beyond the X Window System.
EXAMINING ROOM
p.80 EXAMINING SYMANTEC C++
[author : Michael Yam]
Michael revisits PT, the Windows-based periodic-table program he presented last year. In this update, he examines what's required to implement the program with Symantec C++.
PROGRAMMER'S WORKBENCH
p.84 CROSS-PLATFORM DATABASE DEVELOPMENT
[author : J. Randolph Brown]
Even with a database system designed from the ground up for cross-platform development, there can be programming "gotchas." Randy discusses how you address FoxPro user-interface issues, focusing on screen objects and font characteristics.
COLUMNS
p.105 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael launches a new "tap app" project for the Apple Newton MessagePad—a bare-bones expert system that's ideal for field work.
p.111 C PROGRAMMING
[author : Al Stevens]
The Quincy preprocessor presented this month implements a subset of Standard C's preprocessing operators.
p.117 ALGORITHM ALLEY
[author : Tom Swan]
On-screen rulers are becoming standard elements in word-processing, drawing, and related software. Tom presents a function for displaying a Windows ruler that's based on recursion-removal techniques.
p.121 UNDOCUMENTED CORNER
[author : Andrew Schulman]
Andrew goes online to find out what makes IBM's OS/2 for Windows tick. What he discovered was a veritable patch-o-rama.
p.133 PROGRAMMER'S BOOKSHELF
[author : Michael Floyd]
Windows Programming Power with Custom Controls provides tips, tools, and techniques for the design and development of custom controls.
FORUM
p.10 LETTERS
[author : you]
p.160 SWAINE'S FLAMES
[author : Michael Swaine]
PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES
p.158 OF INTEREST
[author : Monica E. Berg]