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Apr 13, 2011
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TPL Dataflow CTP Refresh

Stephen Toub - MSFT
Stephen Toub - MSFT

Today, we released a new CTP of TPL Dataflow, otherwise known as System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll.  You can download this as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Async CTP, which will also install the new C#/Visual Basic support for writing asynchronous methods, or you can install the DLL itself through the installer available on the DevLabs...

.NET Parallel Programming
Apr 2, 2011
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Little-known gems: Atomic conditional removals from ConcurrentDictionary

Stephen Toub - MSFT
Stephen Toub - MSFT

ConcurrentDictionary<TKey,TValue>, first introduced in .NET 4, is an efficient dictionary data structure that enables thread-safe reading and writing, meaning that multiple threads may all be accessing the dictionary at the same time without corrupting it.  It supports adding through its TryAdd method, conditional updates through its Try...

.NET Parallel Programming
Apr 1, 2011
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Hardening Server Applications

CLR Team
CLR Team

The Base Class Libraries team, the wider CLR team and Microsoft Research worked hard on this new technology and we are very proud to be able to share the news. Read the full article for details.

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