FEATURES
p.18 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Awards
Adele Goldberg and Dan Ingalls are pioneers in object-oriented programming in general, and the Smalltalk language in particular.
p.21 Image Scaling With Bresenham
[author : Thiadmer Riemersma]
The graphics algorithm Thiadmer presents here is quick, produces a quality equivalent to that of linear interpolation, and can zoom up and down.
p.28 Good Hash Tables & Multiple Hash Functions
[author : Michael Mitzenmacher]
Michael's multiple hash method produces good hash tables for applications ranging from employee databases to Internet routers.
p.34 Disk Thrashing & the Pitfalls of Virtual Memory
[author : Bartosz Milewski]
Disk thrashing, also known as virtual memory thrashing, is among the more serious software performance problems.
p.42 External SQL Rewriters
[author : Richard To and Cara Pang]
Database query optimizers optimize SQL statements by generating alternative execution plans to find the one with the least estimated cost.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
p.51 Optimizing Embedded Linux
[author : Todd Fischer]
Todd shares seven hard-won techniques to aid in the embedded Linux development process.
INTERNET PROGRAMMING
p.59 Generating JavaScript from Perl
[author : Stephen B. Jenkins]
The techniques Stephen presents here help you provide users with a better UI and reduce the load on web servers.
COLUMNS
p.69 Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
p.73 C Programming
[author : Al Stevens]
p.77 Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
p.98 Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
WORKBENCH
p.64 Programmer's Toolchest
[author : Chris Thomas]
p.83 Java Q&A
[author : Tal Cohen]
p.89 Algorithm Alley
[author : Steven Pigeon]
p.100 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.102 Of Interest
[author : Della Song]
p.104 Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]