The Old New Thing

November 4, 2005 - The Old New Thing

It’s not a book, but it’s slightly closer

November 4, 2005 Nov 4, 2005 11/4/05
Raymond Chen
TechNet Magazine has picked me up as a columnist, and in their November/December 2005 issue they granted me the great honor of being on the back page. My opening salvo is an IT-ized version of one of my more popular early articles, but future issues will contain never-before-seen random musings on subjects of interest to IT professionals...

Why is there a special PostQuitMessage function?

November 4, 2005 Nov 4, 2005 11/4/05
Raymond Chen
Why is there a special PostQuitMessage function? Because it's not really a posted message. Commenter A. Skrobov asked, "What's the difference between and ?" They are not equivalent, though they may look that way at first glance. The differences are subtle but significant. Like the , , and messages, the message is not a "real" posted...