Mar 29, 2019 5 0 C++/WinRT envy: Bringing thread switching tasks to C# (WPF and WinForms edition) Raymond Chen More magic tasks that break out of the thread configuration mold.
Mar 28, 2019 20 2 C++/WinRT envy: Bringing thread switching tasks to C# (UWP edition) Raymond Chen Magic tasks that break out of the thread configuration mold.
Mar 27, 2019 5 0 How do I wait for the completion of the delegate I passed to CoreDispatcher.RunAsync and ThreadPool.RunAsync? Raymond Chen You'll need your own signal.
Mar 26, 2019 2 0 When do CoreDispatcher.RunAsync and ThreadPool.RunAsync actions complete? Raymond Chen When the delegate returns, not when it completes.
Mar 25, 2019 6 0 What does the N in nmake stand for? Raymond Chen It's old now, but at the time, it was new.
Mar 22, 2019 0 0 Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2019 Raymond Chen For all your retro-computing gawking.
Mar 22, 2019 3 0 Turning anything into a fire-and-forget coroutine Raymond Chen Turning on the metaprogramming.
Mar 21, 2019 3 0 Expressing fire-and-forget coroutines more explicitly, -or- How to turn any coroutine into fire-and-forget Raymond Chen Putting it at the call site instead of in the function itself.
Mar 20, 2019 3 1 winrt::fire_and_forget was too forgetful Raymond Chen Usually, you don't care when it finishes, as long as it does.
Mar 19, 2019 19 0 Why does my app’s uninstaller disappear from the Start menu? Raymond Chen Keeping things tidy.