The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Oct 17, 2024
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Evaluating tail call elimination in the face of return address protection, part 1
Reusing the activation frame.
Oct 16, 2024
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Effects of classic return address tricks on hardware-assisted return address protection
Return address manipulations that are possibly even more impermissible than they already were.
Oct 15, 2024
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A quick introduction to return address protection technologies
Detecting attempts to manipulate the return address.
Oct 14, 2024
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On naming things: The tension between naming something for what it is, what it does, or how it is used
You are guaranteed to make someone upset.
Oct 11, 2024
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How can I explicitly specialize a templated C++ constructor?
Looking for a C++ tag type for representing another type.
Oct 10, 2024
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A correction to the awaitable lock for C++ PPL tasks
Over-scoped lock.
Oct 9, 2024
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If threads are created without a message queue, why can I post to them immediately upon creation?
Check who is doing the posting.
Oct 8, 2024
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Microspeak: Run to ground
Come to a resolution.
Oct 7, 2024
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A popular but wrong way to convert a string to uppercase or lowercase
Converting character by character isn't good enough any more.