January 2005
Volume 23 Number 1
FEATURES
Cyclone: A Type-Safe Dialect of C
Dan Grossman, Michael Hicks, Trevor Jim, and Greg Morrissett
Cyclone is a dialect of C that retains its transparency and control, but adds the benefits of safety.
SystemC: Hardware-Oriented Constructs in C++
George F. Frazier
Based on Standard C++, SystemC is a C++ class library for system design and verification.
Cg and OpenGL Integration
David Elder
Cg has a familiar C-like syntax and provides runtime libraries for integrating Cg code with programs written for OpenGL or DirectX.
C++/CLI by Example: Getting Started
Rex Jaeschke
In the first installment of this new series, Rex begins his examination of how C++ has been extended to exploit the Common Language Infrastructure platform.
Dynamically Loaded C++ Objects
William Nagel
The library William presents here applies object-oriented C++ techniques and a few design patterns to allow dynamic loading of objects inside programs.
Direct Memory Access
Brian Mack and Peter Govoni
Direct Memory Access is a critical requirement for meeting the data throughput goals in embedded applications.
COLUMNS
Sutter's Mill
Herb Sutter
Herb provides an update on the most recent C++ Standards meeting, and discusses the progress on the C++0x Standard language and library.
Positive Integration
Matthew Wilson
This month, Matthew maps the Open-RJ open-source library to Python.
Win32 GUI Generics
John Torjo
Yes, GUI programming can be type-safe. Here's how.
Conversations
Herb Sutter and Jim Hyslop
Some of our C heritage is slim and fast—and fragile—in the name of performance. Unions are such beasts.
Programmer's Book Review
Peter Roth
Before jumping off into .NET, Peter turns to a pair of tried and tested books—Programming Microsoft .NET, by Jeff Prosise and Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming, by Jeffrey Richter.