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Problems building Firefox
I’ve been building Firefox on Windows recently. Without problems. But then I wanted a build with symbols and that is when the problems started. It […]
Doing good work can make you feel a bit stupid
Doing good work can make you feel a bit stupid, well that’s my mixed bag of feelings for this weekend. Here is why… Last week […]
How to prevent a memory tool from monitoring your C/C++ allocations
A little known fact is that the Microsoft C Runtime (CRT) has a feature which allows some allocations (in the debug runtime) to be tagged […]
Don’t use srand(clock()), use srand((unsigned)time(NULL)) instead
Typically you use srand() when you need to start the random number generator in a random place. You may do this because you are going […]
64 bit porting gotcha #1! x64 Datatype misalignment.
Datatype misalignment, there is a topic so interesting you’d probably prefer to watch paint dry. But! There are serious consequences for getting it wrong. So […]
First steps to 64 bit
Today Thread Validator 64 bit took it’s first steps on its 64 bit training wheels. Interesting problems including DLL Hooking DLL Import structure walking Injecting […]
How to do cpuid and rdtsc on 32 bit and 64 bit Windows
With the introduction of WIN64, the C++ compiler has many improvements and certain restrictions. One of those restrictions is no inline assembly code. For those […]
How to replace IsBadReadPtr?
The Microsoft Win32 API contains various functions that look useful at first sight but which have now become regarded as a pariahs. A good example […]
The cost of using OutputDebugString
Should you use OutputDebugString? Is that an unusual question to ask? How often have you thought about the potential cost of using OutputDebugString (or TRACE, […]
Monitoring memory use in a JNI DLL called from Java
Java is a garbage-collected language that allows you to extend the language with code written in C and C++. Given that the extensions are written […]