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English Pages [749] Year 1998
File
Structures
Acquisitions
Editor:
Susan
Hartman
Dedication Dedication To Pauline and Rachel
To Karen, Joshua, and Peter and To Ann, Mary, Christina, and Elizabeth
l PrefacePreface ■
The first and second editions of File Structures by Michael Folk and Bill Zoellick established a standard for teaching and learning about file structures. The authors helped many students and computing ptofessionals gain familiarity with the t?ols used t9 organize files. This book extends the presentation of file structure design that has been so successful for twelve years with an object-oriented approach to implementing file structures using C++. It demo.qstrates how the objectoriented approach can be successfully applied to complex implementation problems. It is intended for students in ·computing classes who have had at least one programming course and for computing professionals who want to improve their skills iri using files. This book shows you how to design and implement efficient file structures that are easy for application programmers to use. All you.need is a compiler for C++ or_ other object-or~ented programming language and an operating system. This book provides the conc~ptual t0