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The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Raymond Chen: Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 25 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He currently appears regularly on MSDN Channel 9’s One Dev Minute channel in the One Dev Question video series.

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Is there a way that my macro can detect that it’s running in a C++ coroutine?

Is there a way that my macro can detect that it’s running in a C++ coroutine?

October 11th, 2021

You are part of the decision.

What can I do about timer build-up when waiting for COM outbound calls to complete?

What can I do about timer build-up when waiting for COM outbound calls to complete?

October 8th, 2021

You'll have to drain them out yourself.

Debugging coroutine handles: The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, clang, and gcc

Debugging coroutine handles: The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, clang, and gcc

October 7th, 2021

Peeking behind the curtain.

Why is the <CODE>main()</CODE> function always at address 0x00401000 in a simple program?

Why is the `main()` function always at address 0x00401000 in a simple program?

October 6th, 2021

When multiple technical decision add up, literally.

Not from inside the Redmond Reality Distortion Field: Microsoft Streets and Trips support for ferries

Not from inside the Redmond Reality Distortion Field: Microsoft Streets and Trips support for ferries

October 5th, 2021

From somebody else's reality distortion field.

Some lesser-known powers of std::optional

Some lesser-known powers of std::optional

October 4th, 2021

Things it does that you may not know about.

The subtleties of <CODE>CreateStreamOnHGlobal</CODE>, part 4: Non-movable memory

The subtleties of `CreateStreamOnHGlobal`, part 4: Non-movable memory

October 1st, 2021

Fear and reallocation.

The subtleties of <CODE>CreateStreamOnHGlobal</CODE>, part 3: Suppressing the deletion of a shared <CODE>HGLOBAL</CODE>

The subtleties of `CreateStreamOnHGlobal`, part 3: Suppressing the deletion of a shared `HGLOBAL`

September 30th, 2021

Trying to set up joint custody.

The subtleties of <CODE>CreateStreamOnHGlobal</CODE>, part 2: Suppressing the deletion of an unknown <CODE>HGLOBAL</CODE>

The subtleties of `CreateStreamOnHGlobal`, part 2: Suppressing the deletion of an unknown `HGLOBAL`

September 29th, 2021

You don't know what it is, but you said you don't want it deleted automatically.

The subtleties of <CODE>CreateStreamOnHGlobal</CODE>, part 1: Introduction and basic usage

The subtleties of `CreateStreamOnHGlobal`, part 1: Introduction and basic usage

September 28th, 2021

Developing the mental model.