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Windows Runtime API design principles around read-write properties: Idempotence and self-assignment

devblogs.microsoft.com·30w

Remembering the end of support for VRML in Internet Explorer

devblogs.microsoft.com·31w·Hacker News

Code comments should apply to the state of the system at the point the comment “executes”

devblogs.microsoft.com·31w·Hacker News, r/programming

Can we get weak functions for static linking? The Visual C++ compiler says “We have weak functions at home”

devblogs.microsoft.com·31w

The problem with inferring from a function call operator is that there may be more than one

devblogs.microsoft.com·31w·Hacker News, r/cpp

How do I convert a FILETIME to a C++ clock like std::system_clock or winrt::clock?

devblogs.microsoft.com·31w

Microspeak: Convicted

devblogs.microsoft.com·32w

How can I enumerate the overflow icons in the Notification Area without showing them?

devblogs.microsoft.com·32w

Why didn’t Windows 95 setup install a miniature Windows 95 so that it could be written as a 32-bit program?

devblogs.microsoft.com·32w

Samples note: Use comments to describe what code does, not what you wish the code would do

devblogs.microsoft.com·32w·Hacker News

Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections?

devblogs.microsoft.com·32w·Hacker News

Another lesson learned from the Windows 98 on-stage USB blue screen

devblogs.microsoft.com·33w

Why was Windows 3.0’s WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?

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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Not a legal base class

devblogs.microsoft.com·33w·Hacker News

Can I close a duplicate handle while I’m waiting on the original?

devblogs.microsoft.com·33w

How can I get my shell thumbnail extractors to run in the same process?

devblogs.microsoft.com·33w

Translating the STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN status code into customer-ready text

devblogs.microsoft.com·34w

Why is the name of the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 hard-coded into the Bluetooth drivers?

devblogs.microsoft.com·34w·Lobsters, Hacker News

How can I convert a third party in-process server so it runs in the COM surrogate?

devblogs.microsoft.com·34w

Why can’t std::apply figure out which overload I intend to use? Only one of then will work!

devblogs.microsoft.com·34w·r/cpp

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