Dec 29, 2023 Post comments count8 Post likes count3 2023 year-end link clearance Raymond Chen Ringing out another year.
Dec 19, 2023 Post comments count1 Post likes count0 Microspeak: Locked and loaded Raymond Chen Armed and ready, with the suggestion that no further changes will be needed (or accepted).
Dec 1, 2023 Post comments count6 Post likes count2 Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have both an import section and input directory? Raymond Chen They seem to be the same thing. Do we need both?
Nov 30, 2023 Post comments count2 Post likes count4 Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 2 Raymond Chen Keeping read-only data separate from read-write data.
Nov 29, 2023 Post comments count6 Post likes count2 Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 1 Raymond Chen Even though their lifetimes don't overlap, you sometimes need to go back in time.
Nov 28, 2023 Post comments count8 Post likes count2 A reported vulnerability about getting paid apps for free is really about paying for free apps Raymond Chen Try shopping around.
Nov 21, 2023 Post comments count5 Post likes count6 Microspeak revisited: Line of sight Raymond Chen A fancy way of saying unimpeded network connectivity.
Nov 14, 2023 Post comments count5 Post likes count2 Starting on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Running a program that leaks memory Raymond Chen There are a lot of things you can do to consume memory.
Nov 6, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count3 Why doesn’t reduction by modulo work for floating point values? Raymond Chen Working out why it works for integers and seeing what goes wrong.
Oct 24, 2023 Post comments count2 Post likes count3 Why is there a hash of a weak password in the Windows cryptographic libraries? Raymond Chen They're part of an internal self-test.