Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Dr. Dobb's Journal @ 30
[author : Michael Swaine]
DDJ's long-time editor-at-large reflects on how we got to where we are today.
The Return of Tiny Basic
[author : Tom Pittman]
Tom updates one of the first implementations of the language that launched an industry.
Thoughts on Language Design
[author : Guy L. Steele Jr.]
Guy Steele, an engineer who knows something about designing programming languages, explains why new challenges require new solutions.
Google's Summer of Code: Part II
[author : DDJ Staff & Friends]
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands and thousands of lines of code. Here are more of the students who participated.
Recursive Descent, Tail Recursion, & the Dreaded Double Divide
[author : Truck Smith]
What can you do when the wrong answer turns out to be right?
Transforming XML & the REXML Pull Parser
[author : James Britt]
James uses Ruby and its built-in XML pull parser for an alternative approach to XML transformations.
PHP & Preprocessed Web Pages
[author : Betsy Gamrat]
Preprocessing lets you deliver complex web pages lightning fast, and in a cost-effective manner.
Sorting in Java & C#
[author : David Perelman-Hall]
David uses reflection to sort a list of complex types using both Java and C#.
The Java Location API
[author : David Parsons]
When it comes to real estate and mobile phones, the three most important words are "location, location, location."
Sessioning with XMLHttpRequest
[author : Dionysios G. Synodinos]
Here's an XMLHttpRequest object that lets you use HTML and JavaScript to connect the presentation layer directly to XML data.
Cocoa Memory Management
[author : Jose R.C. Cruz]
Cocoa, a Mac application development framework, has a memory-management scheme that differs from Java or C++.
Automation Interfaces & .NET Applications
[author : Scott Swigart]
Scott builds interfaces for .NET executables that use automation interfaces from other applications.
The Eclipse Visual Editor
[author : David Orme and Joe Winchester]
The Eclipse Visual Editor is a subproject that provides a framework for creating Eclipse-based GUI builders.
Detecting Potential Deadlocks
[author : Tomer Abramson]
To avoid deadlocks, Tomer explains how to use tools that detect potential deadlocks each time code is executed.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
Single Inheritance Classes in C
[author : Ron Kreymborg]
When C++ compilers don't exist for some processors, inheritable classes in C may be the best solution.
COLUMNS
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Trusted computing means that you have to trust someone, somewhere. But can you?
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
From watermarks to DVR, Jerry talks about some of the tools he uses day in and day out.
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Jorge Aranda and Laura MacDougall]
Jorge and Laura report on Aspect-Oriented Analysis and Design and Access by Design, respectively.
FORUM
Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
News & Views
[author : DDJ Staff]
Pragmatic Exceptions
[author : Benjamin Booth]
Of Interest
[author : DDJ Staff]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]