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    Showing 11 of 23 results for “itanium”

    April 27, 2026
    Post comments count 9
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    The Old New Thing

    Looking at consequences of passing too few register parameters to a C function on various architectures

    Raymond Chen

    It's bad news no matter how you slice it, but Itanium makes it even worse.

    Old New Thing
    April 21, 2026
    Post comments count 35
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    The Old New Thing

    Sure, xor'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub?

    Raymond Chen

    Somehow xor became the most popular version.

    Old New Thing
    October 21, 2025
    Post comments count 1
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    The Old New Thing

    Microspeak: The hockey stick on wheels

    Raymond Chen

    You're always a year away.

    Old New Thing
    August 15, 2025
    Post comments count 2
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    The Old New Thing

    Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 5: Copying our tracking pointer

    Raymond Chen

    How to copy from a const tracking pointer.

    Old New Thing
    May 13, 2025
    Post comments count 9
    Post likes count 3
    The Old New Thing

    What is the developer set-up for developing Windows for multiple processor architectures?

    Raymond Chen

    You usually just pick one and count on your friends for the others.

    Old New Thing
    October 29, 2024
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    The Old New Thing

    Reverse-engineering what a "short" section is

    Raymond Chen

    The long and short of it all.

    Old New Thing
    October 15, 2024
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    The Old New Thing

    A quick introduction to return address protection technologies

    Raymond Chen

    Detecting attempts to manipulate the return address.

    Old New Thing
    June 28, 2024
    Post comments count 11
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    The Old New Thing

    2024 mid-year link clearance

    Raymond Chen

    Emptying out the junk drawer.

    Old New Thing
    May 10, 2024
    Post comments count 4
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    The Old New Thing

    An informal comparison of the three major implementations of std::string

    Raymond Chen

    Pros and cons.

    Old New Thing
    December 4, 2023
    Post comments count 6
    Post likes count 8
    The Old New Thing

    What was the code name for 64-bit Windows?

    Raymond Chen

    Sundown, which was a hidden jab at the competition.

    Old New Thing
    March 21, 2023
    Post comments count 5
    Post likes count 2
    The Old New Thing

    Why does the usage of the initial registers of a Win32 process depend on whether it is a 32-bit or 64-bit process?

    Raymond Chen

    Well, I mean, it's a different processor.

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