Optimizing C++ [With *]

by Steve Heller

The programmer-friendly guide to maximizing C++ application performance Getting a program to work is just the beginning: it must work efficiently, making the most of limited time, memory, and disk... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0139774300
• ISBN13: 9780139774300
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An Important Book

An important book if you want to make the leap from 'programmer' to 'craftsman'. Steve Heller has written an advanced course in computer science using C++. By including some 'C' code, he shows that sometimes the best way to optimize C++ is to use a little 'C' (a bitter pill for many C++ purists).In an effort to eliminate 'code bloat' and 'CPU bottlenecks', the author has put the responsibility of program efficiency squarely on the shoulders of the programmer (where it belongs). With chapters on sorting, hashing, caching, compression and variable length records, he teaches the 'why's, not just the 'how's, of many important topics and algorithms.More then just an 'update' to his "Efficient C/C++ Programming", "Optimizing C++" is an 'Upgrade'. Full of useful code, diagrams and figures, you'll find many insights that can be translated into any language or project.Anyone can call a third-party library routine, this book shows you what you'll need to know to write the routines yourself. A must for serious programmers.

A reading pleasure

This book is a good mixture of fat-free data structure algorithms with effective C++ techniques more detailedly explained than Scott Meyers' book.A straightheartedly good reading pleasure.

A unique algorithm reference

Optimizing C++, while not as comprehensive as some algorithm references, is a valuable addition to just about any programmers library. I found the chapters on the Quantum file structure (a block scheme for storing variable length records) and linear hashing (expandable hash tables) to be of most interest. The rest of the book also made for very interesting reading with chapters on data compression and sorting of large files among other topics. All algorithms are fully explained while at the same time provide full source code in C++.