January 1994
Volume 12 Number 1
PORTABILITY
A Short Floating-Point Type in C++
By William Smith
If you've ever had to process a
lot of floating-point data in limited storage, you'll
appreciate this tailorable little class that's also
economical in space.
The Annotated ANSI C Standard
Reviewed by P.J.
Plauger
The C Standard doesn't make for
really exciting reading, but sometimes you have to go back
to the source. Now you can get a guided tour of that source
for less than the cost of an official copy.
Porting Microsoft's Foundation Class Library to UNIX
By Scot Wingo and Louis Lu
There's nothing like porting a
non-trivial chunk of code to learn what to look out for in
writing future code designed to be portable.
FEATURES
Handling Time-Consuming Windows Tasks
By Andy Yuen
Long-running applications under
Windows can degrade overall responsiveness, unless you chop
them into pieces. Here's a C++ class that helps with the
chopping.
COLUMNS
Standard C: Technical Corrigendum 1
P. J. PIauger
Stepping Up to C++: How Virtual Functions Work
Dan Saks
Questions & Answers: Lint for C++
Kenneth Pugh
Code Capsules: Bit Handling in C++, Part 2
Chuck Allison
On the Networks: USENET Network News Update
Sydney S. Weinstein
CUG New Releases: C Exploration Tools, GNU Indent, and Miscellaneous Goodies
Victor R. Volkman