February 1995
Volume 13 Number 2
REAL-TIME/EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Embedding on a Budget
By Jeff D. Pipkins
If you want to try your hand at
embedded programming on an 80x86, you can get started
cheaply by subverting a few common tools.
Programming Flash Memory
By Mike Cepek
It's kinda like ROM, kinda like
RAM, and a lot like a disk. Flash memory may be just what
you need to store code and data for long intervals.
FEATURES
Using Associative Arrays
By Michael McClung
You can make many an algorithm far
more readable by expressing it in terms of associative
arrays. This mixture of macros and support functions lets
you use associative arrays in C.
Simulating C++ Templates in C and C++
By John W. Small
Templates are an important
addition to C++, but not available in all current
implementations. Here's one way to simulate many of the
properties of C++ templates, in either C++ or C.
REVIEW
EMS Professional Shareware Libraries — Utilities for C/C++
Comments by Bob Swart
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: Implementing <strstream>
P. J. Plauger
Questions & Answers: qsort and Static Functions
Kenneth Pugh
Code Capsules: The Standard C Library, Part 2
Chuck Allison
Stepping Up to C++: Minor Enhancements to C++ as of CD Registration
Dan Saks
On the Networks: Where to Get the Source
Sydney Weinstein