August 28, 2009 | The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

A different perspective from the first row of the symphony

Raymond ChenAugust 28, 2009Aug 28, 200908/28/09

On the weekend of November 10 during the 2007–2008 Seattle Symphony season, the symphony performed both Brahms piano concerti and two of his symphonies in consecutive concerts. My subscription included one of them, and I bought a separate ticket to the other one, and the seat I was given was in the very front row. You notice all ...

The great thing about naming conventions is that not everybody will follow them

Raymond ChenAugust 28, 2009Aug 28, 200908/28/09

The naming convention for HRESULT is «facility»_«severity»_«name», where the facility portion (and the underscore) is omitted if the facility is FACILITY_NULL or FACILITY_WIN32. Good luck finding anybody who follows this naming convention. Okay, fine, if you look closely you might be able to find some ...

The Old New Thing

August 28, 2009 | The Old New Thing

A different perspective from the first row of the symphony

The great thing about naming conventions is that not everybody will follow them

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