July 1997
Volume 15 Number 7
SOFTWARE TOOLS
Scientific Plotting with OWL
Gualtiero Chiaia
Sometimes, the easiest way to make a tool more
powerful is to make it simpler.
An Automated Testing Tool for Win16
Paul Carlson
Regression testing demands reproducible inputs,
which is no mean feat if the inputs are ordinarly generated
by users working a keyboard and mouse.
FEATURES
A Multidimensional Array Class
Ali Rahimi
An array is a simple creature in C, perhaps too
simple for the more ambitious needs of object-oriented
programming in C++. An array class can provide the missing
services.
Serial Communication Under Win32
Eric Woodruff
Serial ports used to be easy to program on a PC.
Then they got more complex, then unreachable. Now they can
be made to look simple again.
Polyphase Merge Sorting
Tom Nelson
Sorting in memory is hard enough; when you have to
spill data into temporary files, you have a major
organizational problem on your hands.
BOOK REVIEW
Multithreading Applications in Win32
reviewed by Michael Larbi
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: Library Update
P. J. Plauger
After nearly four years of describing the draft
Standard C++ library, our Senior Editor takes time out to
provide an overview of this ambitious specification and how
the library can most safely be used with today's
implementations.
The Learning C/C++urve: Getting to the Point(er)
Bobby Schmidt
Bobby offers more opinions on protected vs.
private inheritance, and on keeping track of resources under
MAPI.
C++ Theory and Practice: The Syntax of new- and delete-expressions, Part 2
Dan Saks
If you're having trouble getting all those
parentheses right on a complex new-expression, maybe you
need Dan's latest parsing tool.
Questions & Answers: Hiding Passswords in C
Pete Becker
Pete reveals how not to send a character when it's
typed, and how not to delete elements of an array.
C/C++ Sources: Desparately Seeking Sources
Victor R. Volkman
The only thing more important than useful
information is information on where to find it.