Preface

Chapter 1: Style

1.1 Names
1.2 Expressions and Statements
1.3 Consistency and Idioms
1.4 Function Macros
1.5 Magic Numbers
1.6 Comments
1.7 Why Bother?

Chapter 2: Algorithms and Data Structures

2.1 Searching
2.2 Sorting
2.3 Libraries
2.4 A Java Quicksort
2.5 O-Notation
2.6 Growing Arrays
2.7 Lists
2.8 Trees
2.9 Hash Tables
2.10 Summary

Chapter 3: Design and Implementation

3.1 The Markov Chain Algorithm
3.2 Data Structure Altematives
3.3 Building the Data Structure in C
3.4 Generating Output
3.5 Java
3.6 C++
3.7 Awk and Perl
3.8 Performance
3.9 Lessons

Chapter 4: Interfaces

4.1 Comma-Separated Values
4.2 A Prototype Library
4.3 A Library for Others
4.4 A C++ Implementation
4.5 Interface Principles
4.6 Resource Management
4.7 Abort, Retry, Fail?
4.8 User Interfaces

Chapter 5: Debugging

5.2 Debuggers
5.2 Good Clues, Easy Bugs
5.3 No Clues, Hard Bugs
5.4 Last Resorts
5.5 Non-reproducible Bugs
5.6 Debugging Tools
5.7 Other People's Bugs
5.8 Summary

Chapter 6: Testing

6.1 Test as You Write the Code
6.2 Systematic Testing
6.3 Test Automation
6.4 Test Scaffolds
6.5 Stress Tests
6.6 Tips for Testing
6.7 Who Does the Testing?
6.8 Testing the Markov Program
6.9 Summary

Chapter 7: Performance

7.1 A Bottleneck
7.2 Timing and Profiling
7.3 Strategies for Speed
7.4 Tuning the Code
7.5 Space Efficiency
7.6 Estimation
7.7 Summary

Chapter 8: Portability

8.1 Language
8.2 Headers and Libraries
8.3 Program Organization
8.4 Isolation
8.5 Data Exchange
8.6 Byte Order
8.7 Portability and Upgrade
8.8 Internationalization
8.9 Summary

Chapter 9: Notation

9. 1 Formatting Data
9.2 Regular Expressions
9.3 Programmab1e Tools
9.4 InterPreters, Compilers, and Virtual Machines
9.5 Programs that Write Programs
9.6 Using Macros to Generate Code
9.7 Compiling on the Fly

Epilogue
Appendix: Collected Rules
Index