The Old New Thing

January 15, 2004 - The Old New Thing

Google just keeps adding stuff

January 15, 2004 Jan 15, 2004 01/15/04
Raymond Chen
ResearchBuzz pointed out still more google search keywords like area codes, UPC, and whois. I'm still waiting for PLU, those code numbers on the food in the produce aisle. Here's a brief history of PLU codes for those geeky enough to care (like me...

What can go wrong when you mismatch the calling convention?

January 15, 2004 Jan 15, 2004 01/15/04
Raymond Chen
Believe it or not, calling conventions is one of the things that programs frequently get wrong. The compiler yells at you when you mismatch a calling convention, but lazy programmers will just stick a cast in there to get the compiler to "shut up already". And then Windows is stuck having to support your buggy code forever. The window ...