Aug 18, 2017
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The Alpha AXP, part 10: Atomic updates to byte and word memory units
Putting together some things we've learned.
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Aug 17, 2017
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The Alpha AXP, part 9: The memory model and atomic memory operations
When does it happen? I have no idea!
Aug 16, 2017
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The Alpha AXP, part 8: Memory access, storing bytes and words and unaligned data
Those little pieces.
Aug 10, 2017
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The Alpha AXP, part 4: Bit 15. Ugh. Bit 15.
Let's make some bits.
Aug 4, 2017
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Wrapping some other scripting language inside a batch file
Polyglot to the rescue.
Aug 3, 2017
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Decomposing file paths (and extracting other information like file size, date and time, and attributes) from a batch file
FOR to the rescue.
Aug 2, 2017
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Why does attempting to echo an undefined environment variable result in the message “ECHO is on”?
Because that's what happens when you echo nothing.
Aug 1, 2017
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The redirection can come anywhere on the line, and you can use that to get rid of the spaces
Up front and personal.
Jul 31, 2017
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The redirection can come anywhere on the line, so watch out for those spaces
The operator vanishes.
Jul 28, 2017
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Can I throw a C++ exception from a structured exception?
Technically okay, but it's unusual and doesn't solve your problem.