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DllMain : a horror story
28 October 03 05:10 AM | oleglv | 2 Comments   

Last time I was talking about DllMain and what nasty things can occur if you misuse it. I have also mentioned that it may not be one of those "I'm always careful it can never happen to me" situations - things can get out of hand very quickly. Keep in Read More...

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DllMain and life before birth
24 October 03 08:47 PM | oleglv | 5 Comments   

Preface OS loader has always intrigued me - probably because it works behind the scenes and no-one normally bothers to understand what is that is does exactly, until strange or funny things start happening. And they do. And then we read through the documentation Read More...

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On WinForms and plumbing
23 October 03 11:00 PM | oleglv | 9 Comments   

It's late. I'm very hungry. I really want to go home. In fact, I almost left 3 hours ago, except something very strange started happening with our UI bits and I didn't know why. Turns out we had a plumbing problem. And now I need to vent. Plumbing is Read More...

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Say what?
17 October 03 12:09 AM | oleglv | 1 Comments   

I keep changing my mind whether C/C++ is a blessing or a cruel joke on us all. Sometimes I think it's great (when it lets me cast a block of memory to just about anything I want), and sometimes I really hate it(when it lets me cast a block of memory Read More...

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