The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Aug 29, 2024
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How is the Windows.Foundation.Uri.Domain property different from Host?
It's an educated guess.
Aug 28, 2024
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On the strange status of wchar_t in classic MIDL
From the era before <CODE>wchar_t</CODE> was a standard type.
Aug 27, 2024
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The Microsoft/IBM joint development was built on mutual respect, wait, is respect the right word?
Maybe it's some other word.
Aug 26, 2024
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Thoughts on finding the essential elements of a set
Another binary search, but searching a different way.
Aug 23, 2024
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What if I need to wait for more than MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS threads?
Studying your options, and the consequences of breaking things up.
Aug 22, 2024
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The role of the activation factory in the Windows Runtime
The activation factory represents the class itself.
Aug 21, 2024
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What does ERROR_KEY_DELETED mean?
You now have a handle to a key that doesn't exist, and there's nothing you can do with it.
Aug 20, 2024
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Another tribute to Microsoft history hiding in Building 41
Logo touches.
Aug 19, 2024
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Constructing nodes of a hand-made linked list, how hard can it be?
Trying to force copy elision.