Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Networking, ODBC, & Perl
[author : Robert Kiesling]
Robert first examines a Perl API for the unixODBC libraries, then a peer-to-peer API that lets ODBC clients access data sources of other systems on a TCP/IP network.
Application-Level Data Caching
[author : Paul E. Boal]
Many applications can be designed so that continuous database access isn't necessary. Paul presents an application-level data-caching library that does just this.
Java NIO & the iTunes Database
[author : Dmitriy Rogatkin]
Dmitriy uses the Java NIO package—part of J2SE 1.4—to unravel the iTunesDB format, which is at the heart of the database used in Apple's iPod MP3 player.
Full-Text Searching & the Burrows-Wheeler Transform
[author : Kendall Willets]
Here's an indexing method that lets you find any character sequence in the source text using a structure that can fit the entire source text and index into less space than the text alone.
Web Services & C++
[author : Peter Lacey]
Peter shows how to develop SOAP services and clients in C++ using the WASP Server for C++ from Systinet.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Code Efficiency & Compiler-Directed Feedback
[author : Jackie Brenner and Markus Levy]
With compiler-directed feedback, compiler output includes information you can leverage to tune application code for higher performance.
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Gray goo and smart dust. No, the cleaning crew hasn't tackled Michael's office. Instead, he examines what's going on in the world of nanotechnology.
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Storage is a magnetic subject, as Ed discovers this month.
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
In the first installment of his new column, Jerry takes on worms and viruses.
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Jeff B. Cromwell]
Jeff examines Programming Wireless Devices with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition; Wireless Java, Developing with Java 2, Micro Edition; Java 2, Micro Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Programming Handheld and Embedded Devices; and Teach Yourself Wireless Java with J2ME In 21 Days.
FORUM
Letters
[author : you]
The New Adventures of Verity Stob
[author : Verity Stob]
News & Views
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Of Interest
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]