Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - (Page 4) d04TOFC_p2ds 2/13/08 8:14 AM Page 4 The World of Software Development April 2008 Contents F EAT U R E S 16 Dr. Dobb’s Excellence in Programming Award The recipient of this year’s Dr. Dobb’s award is Bjarne Stroupstrup, for his work on developing C++. by Michael Swaine 20 Fast String Search on Multicore Processors Multicores are the future, and you need to start mapping basic algorithms onto this new hardware. by Daniele Paolo Scarpazza, Oreste Villa, and Fabrizio Petrini 30 The Byzantine Generals Problem Page 16 The Byzantine Generals Problem is an agreement protocol that’s built around an imaginary General who makes a decision to attack or retreat, and who must communicate his decision to his lieutenants. by Mark Nelson 38 Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic Understanding and using fixed-point math can result in real performance gains. by Anthony Williams 44 Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming The Greatest Common Divisor algorithm computes the maximal number that divides its two arguments—and can be used as an efficient random-number generator. by Michael Orlov DE PARTM E NTS COLUMNS 6 10 Hmmmm Does geography matter anymore? by Jonathan Erickson 18 Conversations Jon Bentley talks about one of his favorite topics—algorithms. by Deirdre Blake 49 The Agile Edge Most articles focus on the success stories and few on the failures, a wrong that Scott hopes to right this month. by Scott W. Ambler Alia Vox by Stephen Beneteau The value of SOA is clear. But will it succeed in the long run? 56 Swaine’s Flames Some things change, but Macworld remains the same. It’s just the devices that change. by Michael Swaine 12 Developer Diaries Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers. edited by Michael Swaine 52 Effective Concurrency Herb considers how to set superlinear speedups by harnessing more resources. by Herb Sutter 4 Dr. Dobb’s Journal l www.ddj.com l April 2008 Page 52 http://www.ddj.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 Contents Hmmmm Alia Vox Developer Diaries Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award Conversations Fast String Search on Multicore Processors The Byzantine Generals Problem Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming The Agile Edge Effective Concurrency Swaine's Flames Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 (Page Cover1) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 (Page Cover2) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 (Page 1) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 (Page 2) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 (Page 3) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Contents (Page 4) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Contents (Page 5) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Hmmmm (Page 6) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Hmmmm (Page 7) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Hmmmm (Page 8) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Hmmmm (Page 9) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Alia Vox (Page 10) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Alia Vox (Page 11) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Developer Diaries (Page 12) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Developer Diaries (Page 13) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Developer Diaries (Page 14) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Developer Diaries (Page 15) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award (Page 16) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award (Page 17) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Conversations (Page 18) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Conversations (Page 19) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 20) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 21) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 22) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 23) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 24) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 25) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 26) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 27) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 28) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Fast String Search on Multicore Processors (Page 29) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 30) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 31) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 32) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 33) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 34) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 35) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 36) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Byzantine Generals Problem (Page 37) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 38) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 39) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 40) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 41) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 42) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Optimizing Math-Intensive Applications with Fixed-Point Arithmetic (Page 43) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming (Page 44) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming (Page 45) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming (Page 46) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming (Page 47) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Random Numbers in a Range Using Generic Programming (Page 48) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Agile Edge (Page 49) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Agile Edge (Page 50) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - The Agile Edge (Page 51) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Effective Concurrency (Page 52) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Effective Concurrency (Page 53) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Effective Concurrency (Page 54) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Effective Concurrency (Page 55) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Swaine's Flames (Page 56) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Swaine's Flames (Page Cover3) Dr. Dobb's Journal - April 2008 - Swaine's Flames (Page Cover4)
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.