by Rabindra P. Kar and Kent Porter
In a major breakthrough, DDJ proposes a real-time benchmark and invites you to help finalize this long-needed standard.
by David Bowling
Even though MS-DOS isn't multitasking, it can still be used for some real-time applications, and David shows how.
by G. Michael Vose and David Weil
Knowing benchmark pitfalls can help you decide whether benchmark results really tell you anything useful. Mike and Dave discuss those pitfalls -- and show you how to avoid them.
by Tom Green
When Tom decided to rewrite his multitasking kernel, he thought that C++ objects would be ideal -- and he was right.
by Gregory Ilg and R.J. Brown
TENS, the scheduler Gregory and R.J. present here was designed for real-time process-control applications. It features its own high-level language, which is and extension of Forth.
by David L. Fox
If you need to get the most out of small chunks of C code, David's program shows you how to find the bottlenecks so you can improve performance.
by Costas Menico
If you've ever had to reboot when a TSR hangs up your system, you'll appreciate -- and use -- Costas' techniques for debugging memory-resident programs.
by Robert Zigon
Robert shares a data compression technique that's saved him disk space and will for you too.
by Chris Burke
As Chris reports, APL*PLUS II from STSC adds support for 80386 protected mode, nested arrays, better handling of files, workspaces, and more.
by Michael Swaine
Michael takes object-oriented programmers off the horns of the inheritance dilemma.
by Al Stevens
This month Al introduces TINYCOMM to connect you to the outside world via modem.
by Kent Porter
New column! Come join our senior tech editor for a voyage into the magical (and sometimes maddening) world of graphics programming.
by Jeff Duntemann
The newest member of the DDJ family goes on a search for Mr. Goodbar, hoping to avoid the perils of shower curtain salesmanship.
by Martin Tracy
Martin goes globe-trotting to update us on the world Forth scene, as well as sharing a Mandlebrot plotting program.
by Jonathan Erickson
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by Michael Swaine
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