September 1997
Volume 15 Number 9
ALGORITHMS
Random Access Data Compression
Philip Gage
Need to compress text but still jump about within it?
This simple compression scheme may do the trick.
A Template-Based Network Implementation
John Ruark
An STL container need not be a simple sequence. It's
all in the iterators.
FEATURES
Sending Mail from a CGI Program
Bob Kamins
The Unix sendmail command makes it easy to send mail
from a CGI program, once you get all the plumbing right.
Internationalization Using Standard C++
Angelika Langer and Klaus Kreft
The draft Standard C++ Library provides powerful
support for internationalizing code. You just have to learn
how to use all that power.
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: The Header <limits>
P. J. Plauger
The Standard C library has provided <limits.h>
for many years. The draft Standard C++ library now offers a
more structured, and extensible, alternative using
templates.
C++ Theory and Practice: Work-arounds for a Mistake
Dan Saks
Dan continues his diatribe against overzealous attempts
to keep C++ backward compatible with C.
The Learning C/C++urve: The Pointer Variations
Bobby Schmidt
Bobby implements several additional features for an
auto_pointer class, by declaring members private and then
not implementing them.
Questions & Answers: Using Templates in DLLs
Pete Becker
Pete offers up two brief but useful tutorials on DLLs
and iostreams.