Efficient C/C++ Programming: Smaller, Faster, Better

This book provides C and C++ programmers with invaluable tools for optimizing their code to run "large problems" on "small machines." Optimization is presented at the algorithmic level, and explanations are provided for how to re-think and re-cast applications to make them work more efficiently. Includes a disk containing source code for all examples found in the book.

This book provides C and C++ programmers with invaluable tools for optimizing their code. Optimization is presented at the algorithmic level and explanations are provided for how to rethink and recast applications to make them work more efficiently. Numerous programming techniques are covered, including sorting, hashing, data compression, and the quantum file access method, which allows efficient access to records whos sizes vary dynamically.