C++/WinRT envy: Bringing thread switching tasks to C# (WPF and WinForms edition) March 29, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 03/29/19 Raymond Chen More magic tasks that break out of the thread configuration mold.
C++/WinRT envy: Bringing thread switching tasks to C# (UWP edition) March 28, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 03/28/19 Raymond Chen Magic tasks that break out of the thread configuration mold.
How do I wait for the completion of the delegate I passed to CoreDispatcher.RunAsync and ThreadPool.RunAsync? March 27, 2019 Mar 27, 2019 03/27/19 Raymond Chen You'll need your own signal.
When do CoreDispatcher.RunAsync and ThreadPool.RunAsync actions complete? March 26, 2019 Mar 26, 2019 03/26/19 Raymond Chen When the delegate returns, not when it completes.
What does the N in nmake stand for? March 25, 2019 Mar 25, 2019 03/25/19 Raymond Chen It's old now, but at the time, it was new.
Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2019 March 22, 2019 Mar 22, 2019 03/22/19 Raymond Chen For all your retro-computing gawking.
Turning anything into a fire-and-forget coroutine March 22, 2019 Mar 22, 2019 03/22/19 Raymond Chen Turning on the metaprogramming.
Expressing fire-and-forget coroutines more explicitly, -or- How to turn any coroutine into fire-and-forget March 21, 2019 Mar 21, 2019 03/21/19 Raymond Chen Putting it at the call site instead of in the function itself.
winrt::fire_and_forget was too forgetful March 20, 2019 Mar 20, 2019 03/20/19 Raymond Chen Usually, you don't care when it finishes, as long as it does.
Why does my app’s uninstaller disappear from the Start menu? March 19, 2019 Mar 19, 2019 03/19/19 Raymond Chen Keeping things tidy.