Aug 16, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 The Alpha AXP, part 8: Memory access, storing bytes and words and unaligned data Raymond Chen Those little pieces.
Aug 10, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 The Alpha AXP, part 4: Bit 15. Ugh. Bit 15. Raymond Chen Let's make some bits.
Aug 4, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Wrapping some other scripting language inside a batch file Raymond Chen Polyglot to the rescue.
Aug 3, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Decomposing file paths (and extracting other information like file size, date and time, and attributes) from a batch file Raymond Chen FOR to the rescue.
Aug 2, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why does attempting to echo an undefined environment variable result in the message “ECHO is on”? Raymond Chen Because that's what happens when you echo nothing.
Aug 1, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 The redirection can come anywhere on the line, and you can use that to get rid of the spaces Raymond Chen Up front and personal.
Jul 31, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 The redirection can come anywhere on the line, so watch out for those spaces Raymond Chen The operator vanishes.
Jul 28, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 Can I throw a C++ exception from a structured exception? Raymond Chen Technically okay, but it's unusual and doesn't solve your problem.
Jul 27, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 How am I supposed to free the memory the system allocates in the SetPrivateObjectSecurity function? Raymond Chen It comes from the process heap.
Jul 26, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Wrapping up 2017’s extended CLR Week-and-a-half with some links to other CLR trivia Raymond Chen Additional useless reading.