August 1990
Volume 8 Number 8
GRAPHICS
Writing Portable TIGA Code
By Tom Friend
Your TIGA code will port easier if you follow this advice.
Image Manipulation By Convolution
By Wesley Faler
Use this program to generate images like our cover photo.
Detecting Video Adapters At Runtime
By Marcus Johnson
Make your applications more flexible by making them adapter-aware.
OTHER FEATURES
Extensions For Multi-Threading
By David A. Schmitt
These enhancements address data sharing, mutual exclusion and thread control.
An Object-Oriented Example In C++: Pricing A Meal
By Charles Havener
This case study explains the rationale of two successive design refinements.
Writing Your Own Quicksort
By Mark Nelson
Understanding the behavior of a qsort can improve your sort times.
Using OOPs In Mac Designs
By Richard Rathe
An introduction to object-oriented design on the Macintosh.
Evaluating Your Floating Point Library
By Gene Sheppard
What are the real capabilities of your FP package? These tests can help you find out.
COLUMNS
Standard C
P.J. Plauger
Doctor C's Pointers
Rex Jaeschke
Questions & Answers
Ken Pugh
On The Networks
Sydney Weinstein
USER REPORTS
GraphX Graphics Library
Comments By Victor Volkman
BOOK REVIEWS
C Programming In A UNIX Environment
Reviewed By Phyllis Nelson
C Programmer's Toolkit
Reviewed By Harold C. Ogg