This question is asked in an internal discussion. And here is the answer from CLR team. From: Subject: RE: How is lock keyword of C# implemented? At the core, it’s typically one „lock cmpxchg“ instruction (for x86) for entry, and...

As a Microsoft Employee I am very spoiled. I have the luxury of being able to install most any piece of Microsoft software I want, or purchasing that software for about 10% of its retail cost. Over time I’ve come to realize that this is a pretty...

During a brief discussion of yesterday's chicken soup (dinner/supper), M & I attempted to remember the yiddish word for the fat layer that forms on cold chicken soup. We simultaneously remembered it and blurted it out in stereo. Either she's going...

We're thinking of adding a new feature to the ASP.NET Developer Center , Q&A with ASP.NET's Who's who. General questions aimed at assorted ASP.NET product team members, and other authors I can get to answer my grotty e-mails. Thoughts? Are there...

For those that don't read through *all* my comments: Feb 18, 2004: The Resource Kit License Key registration application is having some technical problems right now. We apologize for the inconvenience and we expect that these problems will be resolved...

I was sitting in the Microsoft cafeteria I think of fondly as an expanded Starbucks (there's a latte stand on one end, but the entire color scheme might as well be in a Starbucks cafe) with Chris Sells . I was asking his advice about outreach to the Gotdotnet...

jitperf.h Comment: // Internal interface for gathering JIT perfmormance stats. These stats are // logged (or displayed) in two ways. If PERF_COUNTERS are enabled the // perfmon etc. would display the jit stats. If ENABLE_PERF_LOG is enabled // and...

I'm reading Buzz Bruggeman's updates of Demo 2004 . It sounds like lots of cool stuff has been shown there. And, by the way, if you haven't already tried it, check out Buzz's product Activewords . I'm using it more and more to speed up the way I work...

Greg Robinson has an interesting No-Touch Deployment scenario. From what Greg has said on his blog , and the comments he has posted to my blog ( here and here ), it looks like he has a couple of interesting security related issues to resolve – the...

There is a Starbucks at Taipei airport, hoorah ! - next stop is Hong Kong - I know for sure there are more Starbucks there than you can shake a stick at... - hopefully we will get a few minutes to look around the town and settle down for a Vanilla latte...

I was growing so weary of getting those Balloon Tips on my Tablet PC, and I searched high and low to find out how to rid myself of them. My tablet has wireless built in, and when the net connection is flaky or absent, I get constant balloons telling me...

Greg Robinson has an interesting No-Touch Deployment scenario. From what Greg has said on his blog, and the comments he has posted to my blog (here and here), it looks like he has a couple of interesting security related issues to resolve – the first is how to prevent unauthorized access to the application on the web server, and the second is how to prevent unauthorized use of the application by a recently ‘departed’ employee....