June 2005
Volume 23 Number 6
FEATURES
Embracing 64-Bit Windows
Alan Brown
Alan shares some of the lessons learned in porting a Win32 UNIX API layer to 64-bit Windows.
Moving to 64-Bits
Rodney Mach
64-bit platforms are the future for solving larger and more difficult scientific and business problems.
Optimizing C/C++ with Inline Assembly Programming
Scott W. Coppen
When it comes to performance, there's always room for improvement, and C++ is a perfect language to implement inline assembly optimizations.
String Concatenation & Expression Templates
Craig Henderson
Concatenating text strings is a common task that's made more efficient by the use of expression templates.
A Variation on the Curiously Recurring Template
Arne Adams
The curiously recurring template pattern splits generic and concrete functionality by delegating to its derived class.
C++/CLI Inheritance and Enumerators
Rex Jaeschke
This month, Rex examines C++/CLI issues relating to inheritance.
COLUMNS
Generic<Programming>
Andrei Alexandrescu
Andrei continues his examination of some of the hidden challenges in defining good Observer designs.
C++ Made Easy
Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
The distinction in C++ between duck typing and inheritance comes from C++'s static type system, and is part of the price we pay for having C++ programs run as quickly as they do.
The New C++
Pete Becker
In the first installment of this new column, Pete Becker examines the ISO standardization process and how it applies to the C++ Standard and TR1, as well as the templates and classes that make up TR1.
Book Review
Gregory Lapouchnian
The books Greg takes a look at this month are Head First Design Patterns; High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix & MPI; and Unit Test Frameworks.