The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Dec 6, 2024
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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Nonsensical errors from a function declaration
Look closely at what the error message is complaining about.
Dec 5, 2024
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Won’t waiting for multiple threads one at a time introduce a severe performance issue?
It depends on how long you plan on waiting.
Dec 4, 2024
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Why does my DLL reference count go up by one every time I create and exit a thread?
If you use a wrapper, you need to follow the wrapper's rules.
Dec 3, 2024
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Tricks from product support: We’re not smart enough to debug the problem, can you help us?
It's not you, it's me.
Dec 2, 2024
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News flash: Desire for loud cars correlates with psychopathy and sadism
More research into loud vehicles.
Dec 2, 2024
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An analogy about register preservation rules in calling conventions
And tying it back to unwind codes.
Nov 29, 2024
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Assessing the attack complexity of a race condition security vulnerability
It's not just how small the race window is, but how easy it is to hit the window.
Nov 28, 2024
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Why does my program successfully take foreground only when running under the debugger?
That's a special exception to the normal foreground rules.
Nov 27, 2024
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Checking whether a URI refers to a Web site root
Let somebody else do the parsing.