Dr. Dobb's Journal - November 2007 - (Page 4) d11TOFC_p2ds_ART 9/11/07 1:18 PM Page 4 The World of Software Development November 2007 Contents F EAT U R E S 16 Smart Compilers—But Smart Enough? Compilers are smart, but are they smart enough in the emerging world of multicore processors? by Michael Swaine 22 Grid-Enabling Resource-Intensive Applications Our authors take an application designed to run on a single PC and distribute its processing over a network grid. by Timothy Hoehn and Bob Zeidman 30 Distributed Computing: Windows and Linux 36 Adobe AIR: Desktop/Web Convergence Adobe AIR is designed to enable the development of desktop applications using web technologies. by Oliver Goldman 42 Transparency on Demand Richard presents a technique for loading JavaScript libraries transparently at the point of need. by Richard Vaughan Page 22 Mohamed and Klaus describe a distributed system in which a single Windows machine controls a Linux cluster. by Mohamed Abo El-Fotouh and Klaus Diepold 51 Reusable Associations Our authors take the Model-Driven Development (MDD) concept of reusable associations and implement them for C++, C#, and Java. by Martin Soukup and Jiri Soukup DE PARTM E NTS 6 Hmmmm Plugging in to electrical plug-ins. And who’s that changing your Wikipedia entry? Our editor deals with odds and ends. by Jonathan Erickson 14 20 Developer’s Notebook New development products and new releases of existing ones. compiled by the DDJ Staff COLUMNS 57 Effective Concurrency Critical sections are our One True Tool for guaranteeing mutual exclusion on shared variables. by Herb Sutter Conversations Terracotta CTO Ari Zilka talks with us about the challenges ahead for distributed computing. by Deirdre Blake 10 12 Alia Vox Why use WPF for complex event processing visualization? by Matt Davey 60 The Agile Edge Many traditionalists will claim that Agile projects are difficult to govern, but Scott says nothing could be further from the truth. by Scott W. Ambler Developer Diaries Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers. edited by Michael Swaine 64 Swaine’s Flames Michael worries about the long arm of letters and the law. by Michael Swaine 4 Dr. Dobb’s Journal l www.ddj.com l November 2007 Page 36 http://www.ddj.com
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