__assume and __forceinline were the first two features I implemented as a developer out of college. I just resolved a bug as 'By Design' that asked the question posed in the title. Here's a brief explanation: First, __assume(n==x) basically tells the...

I tried out Windows Vista 64 on a machine for a while, but had need of a more stable system (I generally wait to self-host on OS'es until Beta 2). So I reinstalled XP64, and on a lark, checked. What do you know: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware has 64...

A brief discussion of how to author simple x64 unwind data for assembly files...