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C++: Building scalable applications in Visual Studio 2010 with the Concurrency Runtime and Parallel Pattern Library
In this talk, we’ll do a deep dive of the Concurrency Runtime and the Parallel Libraries built on top of them, and …
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April 15th, 2009 — Axum: The Language Of Agents — Artur Laksberg
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Axum is an incubation project in Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Team. A .Net programming language based on asynchronous agents, isolation, and message-passing, Axum allows developers to partition their applications into isolated components that communicate with each other via …
March 18th, 2009 — How Compilers Work — Walter Bright
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Compilers are a fundamental tool for programmers. Knowing how they work enables a much more effective use of them. This presentation covers how they work—the various passes like lexing, parsing semantic analysis, optimization, and code generation—and …
February 18th, 2009 — CCR: Concurrency and Coordination Runtime — Andreas Ulbrich
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The Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) provides developers an easy way to create and coordinate loosely-coupled, data-driven applications. It is one of the core building blocks of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio but has applications far beyond robotics. CCR …
January 21st, 2009 — Metaprogramming in D — Walter Bright
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Metaprograms are programs that output other programs. They can greatly increase the expressive power of a language. Familiar metaprogramming languages are the C text preprocessor and C++ templates. Walter will show how some simple language features like string …
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November 19th, 2008 — Things You Never Wanted to Know about Memory Fences — Bartosz Milewski
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Why study fences on an x86, other than to satisfy one’s curiosity? One reason is that, even when you program …
October 15th, 2008 — Concepts in C++0X — Gary Powell
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An introduction to the Standard Library and Concepts in C++0X. A general overview, and a couple of in-depth analyses of how to understand and use this new feature of the language.
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Programming since ‘74, using C …
September 17th, 2008 — Functional Programming with F# — Chris Smith
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With developers reaching the limits for what Object-Oriented programming can do, they are looking for a new programming paradigm to lead to cleaner, more elegant solutions. Functional Programming has been around since the 1930s but has never been …
August 20th, 2008 — Roundtable Meeting — Open Discussion
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This will be an informal discussion over dinner. Come ready to chat and get to know your fellow NWCPP members.
July 16th, 2008 — Roundtable Meeting — Open Discussion
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This will be an informal discussion over dinner. Come ready to chat and get to know your fellow NWCPP members.
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