Synopses & Reviews
Stan Lippman, former C++ Report Editor (and best-selling author), brings you pearls of wisdom for getting the most out of C++. This carefully selected collection covers the first seven years of the C++ Report, from January 1989 through December 1995. It presents the pinnacle of writing on C++ by renowned experts in the field, and is a must-read for today's C++ programmer. It contains tips, tricks, proven strategies, easy-to-follow techniques, and usable source code.
Review
'Stan has assembled a truly remarkable collection, valuable not just for its historical interest but also for its technical merit. The time spent reading these articles will be valuable investment for anyone who uses C++.' Robert Murray, from the Foreword
Synopsis
Presents the pinnacle of writing on C++ by renowned experts in the field, and is a must-read for today's C++ programmer.
Synopsis
The support of the C++ Report by the pioneers of the language has always made it a popular magazine. Stan Lippman, former C++ Report Editor (and best-selling author), brings you pearls of wisdom for getting the most out of C++. This carefully selected collection covers the first seven years of the C++ Report, from January 1989 through December 1995. It presents the pinnacle of writing on C++ by renowned experts in the field, and is a must-read for today"s C++ programmer. It contains tips, tricks, proven strategies, easy-to-follow techniques, and usable source code.
Table of Contents
Introduction: the C++ report - so far S. Lippman; First Thoughts: 1. Standardizing C++ B. Stroustrup; 2. Retrospective T. Cargill; Section I. A Focus on Programming Design: Part I. Library Design in C++: 3. Library design using C++ B. Stroustrup; 4. The GNU C++ library D. Lea; 5. The design and architecture of tools.h++ T. Keffer; 6. Simplifying the Booch components G. Booch and M. Vilot; 7. Design generalization in the C++ standard library M. Vilot; Part II. Software Design/Patterns in C++: 8. A case study of C++ design evolution D. Schmidt; 9. Distributed abstract interface J. Coplien; 10. Pattern hatching J. Vlissides; Section II. A Focus on Programming Idioms: Part III. C++ Programming: 11. How to write Buggy programs A. Koenig; 12. A dynamic vector is harder than it looks T. Cargill; 13. Writing multithreaded applications in C++ P. Becker; 14. Transplanting a tree-recursive LISP algorithm to C++ S. Teale; Part IV. Special Programming Idioms: 15. Class derivation and emulation of virtual contructors D. Jordan; 16. Virtual constructors revisited T. Cargill; 17. Initializing static variables in C++ Library J. Schwarz; 18. Objects as return values M. Tiemann; 19. Applying the copy constructor S. Lippman; Section III. A Focus on Applications: Part V. Experience Case Studies: 20. O-O benefits of Pascal to C++ conversion J. Waldo; 21. A C++ template-based application architecture T. Kontogiorgos and M. Kim; 22. An object-oriented framework for I/O B. Berg and E. Rowlance; Part VI. Distributed Object Computing in C++: 23. Distributed object computing in C++ S. Vinoski and D. Schmidt; 24. Comparing alternative distributed programming techniques S. Vinoski and D. Schmidt; 25. Comparing alternative server programming techniques S. Vinoski and D. Schmidt; Section IV. A Focus on