Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Multiplatform Porting to 64 Bits
[author : Brad Martin, Anita Rettinger, and Jasmit Singh]
Porting 300,000 lines of 32-bit code to nearly a dozen 64-bit platforms requires careful planning.
Mac OS X Tiger & 64 Bits
[author : Rodney Mach]
Before migrating to 64-bit platforms, the first question to ask is whether you really need to do so.
Ajax: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
[author : Eric J. Bruno]
Ajax, short for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML," lets you create dynamic web pages.
Examining µC++
[author : Peter A. Buhr and Richard C. Bilson]
µC++ was designed to provide high-level concurrency for C++.
Native Queries for Persistent Objects
[author : William R. Cook and Carl Rosenberger]
Among other benefits, native queries overcome the shortcomings of string-based APIs.
Dynamic Bytecode Instrumentation
[author : Ian Formanek and Gregg Sporar]
Dynamic bytecode instrumentation is an innovative technique that makes profiling fast and easy.
Range Tracking & Comparison Algorithms
[author : Kirk J. Krauss]
Some information is best viewed as a list of ranges. Kirk presents algorithms for dealing with ranges.
Displaying GIF Images on J2ME Mobile Phones
[author : Tom Thompson]
Surprisingly, many Java-based mobile phones couldn't display GIF image files—until now.
Sudoku & Graph Theory
[author : Eytan Suchard, Raviv Yatom, and Eitan Shapir]
Understanding graph theory is central to building your own Sudoku solver.
Google's Summer of Code: Part III
[author : DDJ Staff and Friends]
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands and thousands of lines of code. Here are more students who participated.
Viewing & Organizing Log Files
[author : Phil Grenetz]
LogChipper, the tool Phil presents here, lets you view and organize the contents of log files.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
Porting an RTOS to a New Hardware Platform
[author : Byron Miller]
Porting software to new hardware boards doesn't need to be difficult.
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Everything Michael knows he attributes to Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe.
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Ed remembers to tell you that memory really does matter.
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Beware of Sony's Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme, which covertly installs itself.
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Peter N. Roth]
Peter reviews Stephen C. Perry's Core C# and .NET.
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]