Dec 5, 2023
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What was the code name for 64-bit Windows?
Sundown, which was a hidden jab at the competition.
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Dec 4, 2023
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What is a static chain pointer in the context of calling convention ABI?
Buried in the System V Application Binary Interface.
Dec 1, 2023
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Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have both an import section and input directory?
They seem to be the same thing. Do we need both?
Nov 30, 2023
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Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 2
Keeping read-only data separate from read-write data.
Nov 29, 2023
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Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 1
Even though their lifetimes don't overlap, you sometimes need to go back in time.
Nov 28, 2023
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A reported vulnerability about getting paid apps for free is really about paying for free apps
Try shopping around.
Nov 27, 2023
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In Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, what is a “grabber”?
It grabbed your MS-DOS screen and put it into a window.
Nov 24, 2023
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On harmful overuse of std::move
Initial excitement leads to overuse.
Nov 23, 2023
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On the need to keep most event sources alive if you want them to raise events
You can't receive a notification from something that doesn't exist.
Nov 22, 2023
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How can I convert a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap to a WIC bitmap?
The reverse of ISoftwareBitmapNativeFactory::CreateFromWICBitmap.