Channel 9 - Discussions by Frank Hileman http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Frank Hileman http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:31:44 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 06:31:44 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Concurrency Safe C# from TSI/Midori team: Joe Duffy etc. @LiquidBoy: Nice find. How do you download a tech report from Microsoft Research?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Concurrency-Safe-C-from-TSIMidori-team-Joe-Duffy-etc/a9ff90d84dd74963bd31a0bb000cf79b#a9ff90d84dd74963bd31a0bb000cf79b Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:47:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Concurrency-Safe-C-from-TSIMidori-team-Joe-Duffy-etc/a9ff90d84dd74963bd31a0bb000cf79b#a9ff90d84dd74963bd31a0bb000cf79b Frank Hileman 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Sandcastle April 2012 v2.7.0.0 Now Available Just thought I'd let people know that Sandcastle, the documentation compiler for .net libraries, is alive again:

http://sandcastle.codeplex.com/discussions/352390

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Sandcastle-April-2012-v2700-Now-Available/e2348e064a63428296f3a043011582b2#e2348e064a63428296f3a043011582b2 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:50:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Sandcastle-April-2012-v2700-Now-Available/e2348e064a63428296f3a043011582b2#e2348e064a63428296f3a043011582b2 Frank Hileman 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - What's your thought about no more legal medicinal marijuana stores? Obama's supporters generally support medical marijuana as well. This is a great way to kill off the last of his support. What a bonehead.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Whats-your-thought-about-no-more-legal-medicinal-marijuana-stores/1e698f57252c4d488e639f780163ff9d#1e698f57252c4d488e639f780163ff9d Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:36:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Whats-your-thought-about-no-more-legal-medicinal-marijuana-stores/1e698f57252c4d488e639f780163ff9d#1e698f57252c4d488e639f780163ff9d Frank Hileman 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Direct2D performance for very complex graphics Damien, are you used testing aliased graphics using Direct2D? It is suprising if Direct2D is slower for aliased graphics, compared to GDI. That indicates a fundamental inefficiency in the design. The problem with the Direct2D tips in the video, is they almost all rely on some kind of caching. That is fine for a few primitives but usually doesn't scale well, unless you can reuse resources across primitives (not your case, I think).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Direct2D-performance-for-very-complex-graphics/ea6f70f917f6428287f29f740002f37e#ea6f70f917f6428287f29f740002f37e Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:10:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Direct2D-performance-for-very-complex-graphics/ea6f70f917f6428287f29f740002f37e#ea6f70f917f6428287f29f740002f37e Frank Hileman 17 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Glad to be off the Microsoft API treadmill @KDawg: You are correct, but newer "technologies" don't always represent progress. Newer is not better, etc. The word "technology" has been twisted to take on a new meaning, now referring to pile of new code. For an economist, a technology is something that increases productivity without adding resources. Time spent learning a new API, or debugging problems with it, decreases productivity. There is nothing wrong with that if you get greater productivity in the long run.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/1d2c589635bb444393569f6d014c639c#1d2c589635bb444393569f6d014c639c Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:10:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/1d2c589635bb444393569f6d014c639c#1d2c589635bb444393569f6d014c639c Frank Hileman 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Glad to be off the Microsoft API treadmill Consider the "metro style" rules for applications. Is it worth paying lots of attention to the metro profile? It may disappear soon. We have no way to know.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/394020e5c7f446bbb9d59f6d00039742#394020e5c7f446bbb9d59f6d00039742 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:13:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/394020e5c7f446bbb9d59f6d00039742#394020e5c7f446bbb9d59f6d00039742 Frank Hileman 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Glad to be off the Microsoft API treadmill I agree with rhm and Richard. It is not just windows. It may seem that way perhaps because there is no competition between APIs on windows -- we are forced to swallow whatever comes out, more because of crowd behavior (use this since it is from Microsoft) than added value. This is reinforced by constant reminders that you should do development a certain way, and that way.. and API, is a constantly moving target.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/03e708f6cbf9446f85459f6d00033eb4#03e708f6cbf9446f85459f6d00033eb4 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:11:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Glad-to-be-off-the-Microsoft-API-treadmill/03e708f6cbf9446f85459f6d00033eb4#03e708f6cbf9446f85459f6d00033eb4 Frank Hileman 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A quick self-reminder why I did not pursue native development @W3bbo:

,W3bbo wrote

*snip*

So long as you don't do anything silly with pointers, you should be okay...right?Big Smile

My biggest problem with C++ is the libraries. Any language, no matter how backward or difficult can be made all the better with decent libraries. Qt is great if you want to use C++ as though it were C#, but that's a whole other thousand-page book to memorise before you become any good at it.

Sometimes I have to help clients debug memory corruption created in their code, but occurring in our data structures. You can't force a client to use discipline. I see all kinds of code...

Non-.net developers seem to think .net libraries are pretty hairy as well.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-dev-story-and-compat/3830a0a51b3949c4a9759f65000bcfa5#3830a0a51b3949c4a9759f65000bcfa5 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:43:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-8-dev-story-and-compat/3830a0a51b3949c4a9759f65000bcfa5#3830a0a51b3949c4a9759f65000bcfa5 Frank Hileman 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - I just explained to my wife what happened to Silverlight ... @TomboRombo: what if "the wife" is a programmer? She should not talk shop with those idiot husbands?  Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-just-explained-to-my-wife-what-happened-to-Silverlight-/cbd95a9209af4987b4d09f65000a163b#cbd95a9209af4987b4d09f65000a163b Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:36:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-just-explained-to-my-wife-what-happened-to-Silverlight-/cbd95a9209af4987b4d09f65000a163b#cbd95a9209af4987b4d09f65000a163b Frank Hileman 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A quick self-reminder why I did not pursue native development You only have to look at the size of Stroustrup's "C++ Programming Language" to realize how complex it is.

The biggest turn-off for me is debugging heap or stack corruption.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/A-quick-self-reminder-why-I-didnt-pursue-native-development/f91b3a404d9243469b1f9f6500083ee0#f91b3a404d9243469b1f9f6500083ee0 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:30:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/A-quick-self-reminder-why-I-didnt-pursue-native-development/f91b3a404d9243469b1f9f6500083ee0#f91b3a404d9243469b1f9f6500083ee0 Frank Hileman 33 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Select Case behavior @spivonious:
if (!(x == 2 || x == 3))

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Select-Case-behavior/f6daac1a0f6a4b6e9e609f3c000a558e#f6daac1a0f6a4b6e9e609f3c000a558e Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:37:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Select-Case-behavior/f6daac1a0f6a4b6e9e609f3c000a558e#f6daac1a0f6a4b6e9e609f3c000a558e Frank Hileman 37 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Do you find yourself straying from the .Net world? I was a C++ programmer many years ago. I am working with C++ again to work on Direct2D, and I am sure other developers are using C++ with Direct2D. Many people are working on apple platforms, learning objective-c. Ruby, node.js, these are old languages that came back as a result of "fads".

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Do-you-find-yourself-straying-from-the-Net-world/2deb254eae29439ba2c89f320107ac9c#2deb254eae29439ba2c89f320107ac9c Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Do-you-find-yourself-straying-from-the-Net-world/2deb254eae29439ba2c89f320107ac9c#2deb254eae29439ba2c89f320107ac9c Frank Hileman 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Scala for .NET @exoteric:, @felix9: I can see the scala collection design is much better than the .net collection design. Reminds me of the STL. When will .net developers get nice collections like that?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scala-for-NET/0dd96e58011f4c98b5ef9f2c016ee2be#0dd96e58011f4c98b5ef9f2c016ee2be Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:15:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scala-for-NET/0dd96e58011f4c98b5ef9f2c016ee2be#0dd96e58011f4c98b5ef9f2c016ee2be Frank Hileman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - I wouldn't know what to do with this phone Very small form factor PC's have been produced for decades. I don't know exactly what they are needed for, but there is definitely a need, as they have always been sold. You should think of it as a small PC that also has a phone.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-wouldnt-know-what-to-do-with-this-phone/6723fccaf279455fa01d9f2c01005285#6723fccaf279455fa01d9f2c01005285 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:33:14 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-wouldnt-know-what-to-do-with-this-phone/6723fccaf279455fa01d9f2c01005285#6723fccaf279455fa01d9f2c01005285 Frank Hileman 26 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Scala for .NET @blowdart: according to Miguel, "the much better Scala collections library would be the natural developer choice anyway." Not sure why they are much better, but the .net framework collections were always a little strange.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scala-for-NET/5b5bde67d62f49d8af549f260132c71b#5b5bde67d62f49d8af549f260132c71b Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:36:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Scala-for-NET/5b5bde67d62f49d8af549f260132c71b#5b5bde67d62f49d8af549f260132c71b Frank Hileman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New Direct2D wrapper for next version of .net? @aL_: Also there is SharpDX, which seems to be faster.

I was hoping for a lowest-overhead solution provided by Microsoft.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/a8e75f2866784dce9e849f260126cdfc#a8e75f2866784dce9e849f260126cdfc Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:53:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/a8e75f2866784dce9e849f260126cdfc#a8e75f2866784dce9e849f260126cdfc Frank Hileman 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - InfoWorld jumping onto Win8 .Net trolling bandwagon. @Charles: Frameworks do not have to have excessive internal dependencies, nor are they required to be non-composable. There is not much to argue about here one way or the other since we are stuck with what we are given (you can argue previous decisions limited later design choices). But it would have been nice to update one library in the framework, without worrying about the others... and possible as well, with some effort such as behavioral contracts, and limiting dependencies.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/InfoWorld-jumping-onto-Win8-Net-trolling-bandwagon/4d251825c6364bfeb3b69f1801886553#4d251825c6364bfeb3b69f1801886553 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:48:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/InfoWorld-jumping-onto-Win8-Net-trolling-bandwagon/4d251825c6364bfeb3b69f1801886553#4d251825c6364bfeb3b69f1801886553 Frank Hileman 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - InfoWorld jumping onto Win8 .Net trolling bandwagon. I agree with the article. Producing patches for something like the .net framework should be easier than producing patches for an operating system. I never understood why they have so many problems.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/InfoWorld-jumping-onto-Win8-Net-trolling-bandwagon/d020290b769941eab9599f1801565204#d020290b769941eab9599f1801565204 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:46:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/InfoWorld-jumping-onto-Win8-Net-trolling-bandwagon/d020290b769941eab9599f1801565204#d020290b769941eab9599f1801565204 Frank Hileman 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Contract.Requires(argument != null); // superfluous? @exoteric:How do you know that Repeat is not designed to throw a null reference exception when passed a null reference? If that is the behavior desired, you would not want Contract.Requires(source != null). I agree that in most cases you want that inferred, but unless you can infer 100% of the time...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/ContractRequiresargument--null--superfluous/13173f05cec64dab9e2d9f180154da31#13173f05cec64dab9e2d9f180154da31 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/ContractRequiresargument--null--superfluous/13173f05cec64dab9e2d9f180154da31#13173f05cec64dab9e2d9f180154da31 Frank Hileman 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New Direct2D wrapper for next version of .net? @ZippyV: Yes, but it is not part of the framework, nor maintained well. Also, the 32/64 bit problem is not addressed (how to create a single library compiled to anycpu, that works for both).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/56485bd1b190484b85b39f1101445305#56485bd1b190484b85b39f1101445305 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:40:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/56485bd1b190484b85b39f1101445305#56485bd1b190484b85b39f1101445305 Frank Hileman 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New Direct2D wrapper for next version of .net? @evildictaitor: Direct2D is the type of API I am looking for, not XNA. Thanks anyway.

There is a lot more to Direct2D than XNA or Direct3D, for 2d rendering.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/18ce279e51724cf1b36a9f11013d00e0#18ce279e51724cf1b36a9f11013d00e0 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:14:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/18ce279e51724cf1b36a9f11013d00e0#18ce279e51724cf1b36a9f11013d00e0 Frank Hileman 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - How to disable IE9 Cleartype @evildictaitor: seems to have no affect on IE9 that I can see. It does affect everything else. I am talking about the tuning, not the disabling.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-to-disable-IE9-Cleartype/f3be973736df4d64b44d9f11013c5b17#f3be973736df4d64b44d9f11013c5b17 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:11:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-to-disable-IE9-Cleartype/f3be973736df4d64b44d9f11013c5b17#f3be973736df4d64b44d9f11013c5b17 Frank Hileman 27 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New Direct2D wrapper for next version of .net? @kettch: Thanks, but in the mydigitallife forum thread, I could not see any namespace that was definitely for immediate mode rendering. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/7713d54009cf4495a5469f10015fe04f#7713d54009cf4495a5469f10015fe04f Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:21:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/7713d54009cf4495a5469f10015fe04f#7713d54009cf4495a5469f10015fe04f Frank Hileman 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New Direct2D wrapper for next version of .net? Can you point to any site or blog where a new immediate mode API is visible? Thanks!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/7667a300b3a243b096849f100155cd07#7667a300b3a243b096849f100155cd07 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:44:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-Direct2D-wrapper-for-next-version-of-net/7667a300b3a243b096849f100155cd07#7667a300b3a243b096849f100155cd07 Frank Hileman 18 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Frank Hileman/Discussions/RSS