July 1995
Volume 13 Number 7
SOFTWARE TOOLS
You Can Count On it
By Beman Dawes
The longest journey begins with a
single step. Dawes shines a useful first step toward mastery
of the Standard Template Library.
Testing Sort Functions
By K. B. Williams
Sorting is not easy to get right,
as this nasty suite of tests reveals. Williams spares nobody
in his analysis of widely available sort functions (not even
the editor of this magazine).
A C++ Class Generator
By Adrian Barbu
Ever wish you could hire a clerk
to check your C++ class design for good style? Here's a
Windows-based program that does the job for you.
FEATURES
A Simple, Easy AutoQueue Class
By R. Scott Guthrie
A queue class need not be
complicated to be useful.
Fast String Searching
By John W. Ross
If you're doing a lot of string
searching, you can't always afford the simplistic approach.
Ross shows several good ways to add a sophistication and get
dramatic performance improvements.
Understanding the Standard — Linkage (Article unavailable in electronic form)
By Clive D. W. Feather
If you're befuddled about the
difference between external, internal, and no linkage,
you're hardly alone in the C community. Clive Feather sorts
out the subtleties for you.
BOOK REVIEW
Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method (Article unavailable in electronic form)
Reviewed by Robin Rowe
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: The Header <string>
P. J. Plauger
Stepping Up to C++: Other Assorted Changes, Part 1
Dan Saks
Questions & Answers: A Pitfall Inherited from C
Pete Becker
On the Networks: S'kill is S'nice
Sydney S. Weinstein
CUG New Releases: m68kdis
Victor R. Volkman