June 17, 2000

When you need to compute the time that elapsed between two dates, use the standard function difftime(). This way, you avoid potential bugs such as leap years or Y2K issues.

The standard strstream family of classes enables you to convert numeric values into their string representation easily. You need to instantiate an strstream object, insert the numeric value to it

Linkage between C++ and non-C++ code fragments can be achieved using a linkage-specification. For example: extern “C” int func(int arg1); // func has C linkage The quoted string in the

In the following declaration of the template min, the template parameter T is passed by value: template bool equal(T first, T sec){//

The best way to tackle alignment/wrapping issues with invisible tables is tomake the tables visible. To do this, you should set the border property oftables that contain form fields or