The Old New Thing

It rather involved being on the other side of the airtight hatchway: Disabling a security feature as an administrator

August 6, 2024 Aug 6, 2024 08/6/24

Raymond Chen

At least they don't beat around the bush.

August 5, 2024 Aug 5, 2024 08/5/24

Raymond Chen

The circle of life, or a perpetual motion machine.

August 2, 2024 Aug 2, 2024 08/2/24

Raymond Chen

They are two kinds of undefined-ness, one for runtime and one for compile-time.

August 1, 2024 Aug 1, 2024 08/1/24

Raymond Chen

Just improving on an ambiguous name.

July 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 07/31/24

Raymond Chen

Context-sensitive layout means you get a different structure each time you use it.

July 30, 2024 Jul 30, 2024 07/30/24

Raymond Chen

No real contradictions in anybody's story.

July 29, 2024 Jul 29, 2024 07/29/24

Raymond Chen

Patterns are predictable, which is not always a good thing.

July 26, 2024 Jul 26, 2024 07/26/24

Raymond Chen

You can do the conversion in two steps using things you already have.

July 25, 2024 Jul 25, 2024 07/25/24

Raymond Chen

Digging into what the compiler sees.

July 24, 2024 Jul 24, 2024 07/24/24

Raymond Chen

If you don't know what it operates on or produces, then it operates on or produces itself.