AT A GLANCE: Smartcards -- credit-card-size, but with a chip that protects the personal or financial data within -- are all over Europe; the U.S. market is expected to take off this year.
WHO SUPPORTS IT: The Smart Card Forum has over 200 members, including Gemplus, Microsoft, and Schlumberger. The Aladdin Smartcard Environment (
http://www.aks.com/) is a well-known development platform.
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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