February 1993
Volume 11 Number 2
ALGORITHMS
Date Conversions
By David Burki
Just a few functions are all you
need to perform sensible date arithmetic.
Real-Number Approximation for Real Programmers
By Mark Gingrich
Use continued fractions to tailor
fixed-print constants for special needs.
Sorting Networks
By Frederick Hegeman
If you only need to sort a small,
fixed number of items respectively, a sorting network has
several advantages.
FEATURES
An Efficient Method for Optimizing Binary Trees
By David W. Schwartz
Seems you can always improve how
you handle binary trees — David Schwartz shows another useful
technique.
A Library of Financial Functions
By William Smith
Here's a handy collection of the
commonest financial formulas, packaged as a C function
library.
Making C++ Safe for Threads
By Dave Plauger
Multithreaded systems are growing
in importance along with C++; getting the two to play
together takes a bit of work, however.
Image Processing, Part 9: Histogram-Based Image Segmentation
By Dwayne Phillips
Dr. Phillips shows you how to
partition an image in this latest installment.
Pointer Power in C and C++, Part 1
By Christopher Skelly
If you still don't get pointers,
try this well-crafted tutorial.
Solving Linear Equations Using C
By Matt Weisfeld
Linear programming looks almost
simple in this enlightening tutorial.
COLUMNS
Standard C: Time Conversion Functions
P.J. Plauger
On the Networks: What Happened — Again?
Sydney S. Weinstein
Questions & Answers: Macros and Debugging
Ken Pugh
Code Capsules: A C++ Date Class, Part 1
Chuck Allison
BOOK REVIEW
C++ Components and Algorithms
Reviewed by Steve Halladay