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Kathy Kam

Reflection on the CLR and .NET

May 2006 - Posts

What's new in .Net Frameworks 2.0?
I've had several people asked me... "what's new in .NET Frameworks 2.0"? We actually do have a pretty comprehensive list on MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t357fb32.aspx Are you looking for more details? Let me know what you want. I can Read More...
Want to work on the BCL?
Since Whidbey shipped, our team has been trying to fill some open headcounts in all disciplines. The open headcounts are to replace people whom have moved on to other things and to help with our expanded charter. We have open headcounts in UE, Test and Read More...
API Design: The why of "StringBuilder.AppendFormat()" design
"Why does StrignBuilder.AppendFormat() need anything more than AppendFormat(string, object[])?" -- Curious StringBuilder.AppendForamt user This is a great question. Before I begin, let's visit what overloads AppendFormat has.... AppendFormat( string, Read More...
Meet the BCL Team
Have you ever wonder who are the people behind the BCL? MSDN has this "Meet the BCL Team" page. The page have not been maintaned and was left outdated for a while (it contained many people who has come and left the team since V1). Yesterday, the MSDN Read More...
Quiz of the Month: Double Trouble
Without compiling and running this program. Can you tell me what the output would be? class MainProgram { static void Main( string [] args) { double a = Convert .ToDouble( "1.170404" ); double b = Convert .ToDouble( "2.170404" ); double c = Convert .ToDouble( Read More...
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