May 28, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 How are BitBlt raster opcodes calculated? Raymond Chen The complicated language of raster operation codes.
May 21, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count4 Maintaining Notepad is not a full-time job, but it’s not an empty job either Raymond Chen Adding features by removing code.
May 15, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count3 Why is Windows Compressed Folders (Zip folders) support stuck at the turn of the century? Raymond Chen Because that's where we last left it.
May 14, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count6 For a brief period, Windows 95 could run Windows 3.1 in a virtual machine Raymond Chen The ultimate in backward compability.
Apr 23, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 The early history of redundant function pointer casts: MakeProcInstance Raymond Chen The generic function pointer.
Feb 28, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 An amusing story about a practical use of the null garbage collector Raymond Chen The computer itself ceases to exist.
Feb 19, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 This is a race the display driver wouldn’t normally expect to lose Raymond Chen But flukes can happen.
Feb 15, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Why are there two kinds of Universal Windows apps, one for Windows 8 and another for Windows 10? Raymond Chen Universality is not universal.
Feb 12, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 There are no bugs in the I/O manager Raymond Chen True each time it is uttered.
Feb 9, 2018 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Optimizing BitBlt by generating code on the fly Raymond Chen Artisanal bit block transfers made to order.