Sep 1, 2020 Post comments count7 Post likes count1 More on trivial functions like CopyRect and EqualRect Raymond Chen Let's go code golfing.
Aug 25, 2020 Post comments count16 Post likes count1 That time Bill Gates went through a McDonalds drive-through with no cash Raymond Chen No special treatment, not even for the richest man in the world.
Aug 6, 2020 Post comments count8 Post likes count1 What was so horrible about the FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER flag that the Windows Store disallowed it for so long? Raymond Chen Letting in the riffraff.
Aug 5, 2020 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 What does it mean when it says that FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER can be used in Store apps starting in Windows 10? Raymond Chen What happens if you use it anyway?
Aug 3, 2020 Post comments count12 Post likes count1 Peeking inside the implementation of AnsiUpper and AnsiLower in Windows 1.0 Raymond Chen Some retro-reverse-engineering and the weird micro-optimizations.
Jul 28, 2020 Post comments count16 Post likes count2 A look back at memory models in 16-bit MS-DOS Raymond Chen Ways of dealing with the fractured address space.
Jun 16, 2020 Post comments count6 Post likes count1 Excuse me, has anybody seen the FOCAL interpreter? Raymond Chen I thought you had it.
May 5, 2020 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 Why did the message on the Start menu change from Start to Ship It! for one build? Raymond Chen A rogue expression of mixed encouragement and impatience.
Mar 17, 2020 Post comments count15 Post likes count1 We called it RAID because it kills bugs dead Raymond Chen The history of defect tracking databases in Windows.
Mar 10, 2020 Post comments count10 Post likes count1 The sad but short story of the SM_AccessoriesName registry value Raymond Chen Another victim of programs that reach into undocumented sections of the registry.