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Straight from the source · Everything about one person
Raymond Chen
Vol. I No. 26
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC
Longtime Windows engineer at Microsoft; writes The Old New Thing.
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C++ futures part 5: std::future and std::shared_futureOct 15, 2026Columns
C++ futures part 4: What if I want an immediate on-thread std::async?Oct 14, 2026Columns
C++ futures part 3: The mental model for std::asyncOct 13, 2026Columns
C++ futures part 2: The mental model for std::promise, std::packaged_taskOct 12, 2026Columns
C++ futures part 1: The mental modelOct 9, 2026Columns
One way of thinking about access specifiers in C++/WinRT implementation typesOct 8, 2026Columns
If one anti-malware software is good, does that make two better?Oct 7, 2026Columns
How can undefined opcodes ud0 and ud1 have parameters? How undefined were they?Oct 6, 2026Columns
Why does the compiler sometimes use ud2 and sometimes int 3 for code that shouldn’t execute?Oct 5, 2026Columns
If somebody tries to hot-patch an already-hot-patched function, how do they avoid conflicts?Oct 2, 2026Columns
Why is there no Windows hot-patching support for other architectures like 32-bit ARM and MIPS?Oct 1, 2026Columns
Windows on Itanium also provided for hot-patching, in an even simpler waySep 30, 2026Columns
Windows on AArch64 also provides for hot-patching, but it’s much simpler than on x86Sep 29, 2026Columns
As a general rule, calling product support while drunk is not recommendedSep 28, 2026Columns
C++ reminder: Function-local static variables are initialized only once, even if it looks like they get initialized multiple times
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