We handle our voting process democratically. Every staff editor, as well as each contributing editor, is allowed to nominate what he or she thinks are the most significant products of the year. Being a multiplatform magazine, we are not limited by operating systems or CPUs: We are free to choose from the entire universe of personal computing.
When considering which products to nominate, we use these criteria: A product has to represent a new technology or break ground in terms of performance, price, or innovative use of an existing technology. Editors can nominate only those products that they have actually used.
After the nominations are in, a ballot is compiled. Each voter then picks what he or she believes are the 10 best pr
oducts or technologies on the ballot. Depending on how many votes an item gets, it receives an Award of Excellence, Distinction, or Merit.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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