FEATURES
Distributed Computing with Ruby
[author : Phil Tomson]
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented scripting language available on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Phil uses DRb, Ruby's distributed object system, to build a task distribution framework.
Socket-Level Server Programming & .NET
[author : Paul Buis]
Paul presents both C# and VB.NET implementations of an echo server, showing how you can handle sockets and asynchronous callbacks in the .NET Framework.
Java & UDDI Registries
[author : Paul Tremblett]
Applications that require web services send requests to services at advertised URLs. Paul shows how your Java applications can contact business registries, such as UDDI, and retrieve information from them.
Writing Apache Modules
[author : L. Blunt Jackson]
One reason for the Apache server's remarkable success is its modular architecture, which enables easy extension. So how do you go about writing Apache modules? Blunt shows how, illustrating key points of Apache design along the way.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Adding Exceptions & RTTI to the Windows CE Compiler: Part II
[author : Dani Carles]
Last month, Dani described how he had to reengineer a RTOS-based app so it could run under Windows CE. This month, he presents the TCU library workarounds.
WORKBENCH
Programmer's Toolchest
[author : James Esch]
Algorithm Alley
[author : Ron Gutman]
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Jack J. Woehr]
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
C Programming
[author : Al Stevens]
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
FORUM
Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson]
Letters
[author : you]
The New Adventures of Verity Stob
[author : Verity Stob]
News & Views
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Of Interest
[author : Della Song]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]