p.8 EDITORIAL
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
p.21 THE C# PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
[author : Scott Wiltamuth]
Microsoft's C# programming language promises the power of C++ with the productivity of Visual Basic. Scott builds a Stack class that demonstrates important aspects of the language.
p.38 C++ TYPE TRAITS
[author : John Maddock and Steve Cleary]
Generic programming does not have to sink to the lowest common denominator. And therein lies the value of type traits.
p.48 MIGRATING TO NAMESPACES
[author : Herb Sutter]
If you aren't familiar with C++ namespaces, you should be because most compilers now support them.
p.54 TYPE-BASED ALIAS ANALYSIS
[author : Mark Mitchell]
Aliasing issues make it difficult for compilers to generate code that runs as fast as you might hope. Luckily, the C++ type system makes clear what can and cannot alias.
p.62 MEASURING C++ PROGRAM EFFICIENCY
[author : Derek Truong and Allen Chan]
Our authors describe an interactive C++ metrics tool that makes automated metrics gathering a natural part of the development process.
p.68 WHAT ARE MACTIMES?
[author : Dan Farmer]
MACtimes are perhaps one of the most potentially valuable forensic tools in your digital detective toolkit. Dan shows how to use them.
p.76 MCCONNELL COMPLETE
[author : John Vlissides]
Steve McConnell takes time to talk with us about what it means to be a programmer, entrepreneur, consultant, educator, author, and editor.
p.82 THE TINI INTERNET INTERFACE
[author : Al Williams]
Need to build an Internet appliance? Dallas Semiconductor's Tiny InterNet Interface (TINI) board — that includes a Java-capable CPU, 512 K of nonvolatile memory, and an Ethernet transceiver — may be the place to start.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
p.92 PORTABILITY IN C
[author : James Metzger and William Wright]
James and William present techniques they've developed to achieve portability of a real-time signal processing software system consisting of over 300,000 lines of C code.
INTERNET PROGRAMMING
p.100 USING APACHE PORTABLE RUN-TIME
[author : Ryan Bloom]
Ryan examines the Apache Portable Run-Time, a library that is designed to address the Apache web server's portability problems.
PROGRAMMER'S TOOLCHEST
p.108 CVS VERSION CONTROL AND BRANCH MANAGEMENT
[author : Michael Simpson]
Michael describes how branching and merging works in CVS, a widely used GNU source-code control system.
COLUMNS
p.117 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS
[author : Michael Swaine]
Zombies come out of the woodwork as Michael looks at the history of the personal computer.
p.123 C PROGRAMMING
[author : Al Stevens]
Al shares what he heard at the annual Shareware Conference.
p.135 JAVA Q&A
[author : Karl Moss]
How can you measure Java code performance? Karl examines techniques for instrumenting Java code at run time.
p.147 ALGORITHM ALLEY
[author : David Wincelberg]
David first presents a simple alphanumeric-ordering function, then describes another function suitable for comparing long filenames.
p.155 DR. ECCO'S OMNIHEURIST CORNER
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
Saving the X-mammal is the challenge that Liane and Dr. Ecco face this month.
p.159 PROGRAMMER'S BOOKSHELF
[author : Peter N. Roth]
Books about the C++ STL are Peter's focus, as he examines STL for C++ Programmers, by Leen Ammeraal; Data Structure Programming, by Joseph Bergin; Designing Components With The C++ STL, by Ulrich Breymann; Data Structures In C++ Using The STL, by Timothy Budd; and Using the STL, by Robert Robson.
FORUM
p.10 LETTERS
[author : you]
p.18 NEWS & VIEWS
[author : Nicholas Baran]
p.166 OF INTEREST
[author : Shannon Cochran]
p.168 SWAINE'S FLAMES
[author : Michael Swaine]