January 1998
Volume 16 Number 1
Software Tools
A Graphical Java Front End to C++ Programs
Brian Danilko
Mixing Java and C/C++ can give you the best of both worlds, once you learn
how.
A Lexer for Java in C++
Bill McKeeman
McKeeman gives us a lexer for Java that's reusable in all sorts of interesting
ways.
Features
An Introduction to COM
Gregory Brill
You've heard the term often enough lately. Now find out a few basic facts about
COM.
A Quick and Simple Memory Allocator
Vladimir Batov
C++ lets you really speed up storage allocation, when you need the improved
performance.
Creating Active Data Types via Multithreading
Patrick Tennberg
If you need multiple active agents in a program, you need multiple threads to
synchronize them.
Lambert Shading of Large Irregular Surfaces
R. E. Huss and M. A. Pumar
Here's a quick way to display a textured surface that nevertheless holds its
own against more time-consuming techniques.
Information Hiding in C via Modular Programming
Dwayne Phillips
Encapsulation is an important discipline even when the language doesn't fully
support it.
Book Review
C Interfaces and Implementations
reviewed by Donald Bryson
Columns
Standard C/C++: The Facets num_put and numpunct
P. J. Plauger
And you thought printing out an integer was easy.
C++ Theory and Practice: An Introduction to Namespaces
Dan Saks
What's in a namespace? Dan explains.
The Learning C/C++urve: All This and C++ Too!
Bobby Schmidt
Bobby recovers from the trade show blues, and examines a few proposed changes
to Standard C.
Questions & Answers: The Complex Evolution of <string>
Pete Becker
Pete describes how class string got that way, and how to avoid a few pitfalls
in writing C expressions.
C/C++ Sources: Best of Reader Requests: Part III
Victor R. Volkman
Last chance to catch some really neat URLs in CUJ, as Victor moves his software
bird dog service to our website.