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Note: If you attended the WSA Developer’s Seminar on XML, you know that Mike gave a great presentation on XML. But, he didn’t talk about C++.
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February 15th, 2001 — Volatile - Multithreaded Programmer’s Best Friend — Andrei Alexandrescu
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the compiler help you navigate the murky waters of multithreaded programming? This talk delves into the under explored issue of volatile-correctness. The exciting discovery is - if you follow a couple …
January 8th–9th, 2001 — Microsoft’s .NET Initiative — Jeffrey Richter
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Overlake Hospital Conference Center121 107th Ave NEBellevue, WANOTE: The Overlake Hospital Conference Center is off Old Main Street and 107th in Bellevue, not at the hospital itself. Take Main Street and turn North onto 107th, conference center will be on your left.
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December 2000: No Meeting
November 13th, 2000 — Microsoft Visual Studio 7 Preview — Martyn Lovell
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Visual Studio 7 is due to be launched early next year, and is Microsoft’s first real deliverable in their .NET initiative. Martyn Lovell of Microsoft will give a preview of Visual Studio 7, concentrating on C# and ASP …
October 2000: No Meeting
September 13th, 2000 — Change the Way You Write Exception-Safe Code, Forever — Andrei Alexandrescu
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This talk presents the subtle issues associated with writing correct code in the presence of exceptions. Writing exception-safe code is a must for preserving the sanity of any application. This task is daunting because exceptions introduce hidden control flows …
August 9th, 2000 — Building a High Performance Server Product on Win NT/2000 Using C/C++ — Chris Hickman & Joe Mullally
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Joe will start by talking about building a high performance server product on Win NT/2000 using C/C++. Specifically:
- I/O Completion Ports
- Object and Context Pooling
- Protocol and Error Mapping
- When and How to use Spinlock vs …
July 2000: No Meeting
June 2000: No Meeting
May 10th, 2000 — C++ Exceptions — Bobby Schmidt
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Overview of C++ exceptions, their rationale, and their usage. Followed with discussion of standard library support, exception safety considerations, and comparison with Microsoft’s SEH. Exception “gotchas” and wisdom sprinkled throughout :^) Talk assumes you understand the rudiments of C …
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