2001 27.03 2003

Vol.27 n°3 (#334) march 2002

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FEATURES

p.17 Satellite Navigation & the Internet

[author : Felix Toran-Marti, Javier Ventura-Traveset, and Juan Carlos de Mateo]

The European Space Agency's SISNET project takes satellite navigation signals and broadcasts them through the Internet to users in real time.

p.28 C99 & Numeric Computing

[author : Harry H. Cheng]

C99 is a milestone in C's evolution into becoming a viable programming language for scientific and numerical computing.

p.36 Python & Finite Elements

[author : Alexander Pletzer]

ELLIPT2D is a finite element package written in Python that's designed to solve elliptic equations in two dimensions.

p.42 Debugging PHP Using A C++ Compiler

[author : Forrest J. Cavalier III]

PHP2C++ is a PHP to C++ translator that Forrest uses to accelerate debugging and auditing.

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

p.48 Embedded Development with Qt/Embedded

[author : Matthias Kalle Dalheimer and Steffen Hansen]

Trolltech's Qt/Embedded toolkit is designed for development of Linux-based embedded devices.

INTERNET PROGRAMMING

p.56 Securing XML

[author : Amir Herzberg]

Amir examines several proposed XML security mechanisms, including XML Digital Signatures and XML Encryption.

COLUMNS

p.71 Programming Paradigms

[author : Michael Swaine]

p.77 C Programming

[author : Al Stevens]

p.83 Embedded Space

[author : Ed Nisley]

p.103 Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner

[author : Dennis E. Shasha]

WORKBENCH

p.65 Programmer's Toolchest

[author : Lauren Hightower]

p.89 Java Q&A

[author : Michael J. Yuan]

p.97 Algorithm Alley

[author : Timothy Rolfe]

p.107 Programmer's Bookshelf

[author : Gregory V. Wilson]

FORUM

p.8 Editorial

[author : Jonathan Erickson]

p.10 Letters

[author : you]

p.12 The New Adventures Of Verity Stob

[author : Verity Stob]

p.14 News & Views

[author : Shannon Cochran]

p.109 Of Interest

[author : Della Song]

p.112 Swaine's Flames

[author : Michael Swaine]