P/Invoke Tips
Native Interop,.NET,Performance,C#: Assorted accrued tips on using P/Invoke in C#
View ArticleSimulating Multiple Inheritance In C#
OOP / API Design,C#: A longform post describing the need for and implementation of MI in C#
View ArticleThree Garbage Examples
.NET,Performance,C#: Three examples and explanations of situations that can create unnecessary garbage in .NET4/C#5
View ArticleFun With __makeref
Performance,C#: Explanation on how to use hidden C# keywords to implement generic pointers and related functions
View ArticleCommon Multithreading Mistakes in C# - I: Incorrect Granularity
Multithreading,Performance,C#: A higher-level overview of the lock keyword and how it is commonly misused
View ArticleCommon Multithreading Mistakes in C# - II: Unnecessary Contention
Multithreading,Performance,C#: Exploring the basics of what makes different approaches to parallelism more or less efficient
View ArticleCommon Multithreading Mistakes in C# - III: Unsafe Assumptions
Multithreading,Performance,C#: An in-depth look at exactly what the CPU and runtime can do to subvert us when we don't write properly thread-safe code
View ArticleCommon Multithreading Mistakes in C# - IV: Everything Else
Multithreading,Performance,C#: A look at some miscellaneous unexpected gotchas when writing multithreaded code
View ArticlePostmortems - Absolutely Wrong
C#: An investigation in to a small bug encountered when creating Escape Lizards
View ArticlePostmortems - Clearly Too Slow
Performance,C#: An example of a simple everyday operation that needed micro-optimising in my game engine
View ArticlePostmortems - Tale of Two Casts
.NET,C#: A deep-dive in to a rare difference between the way the CLR and C# handle a given cast
View ArticleC# 8 Concerns
.NET,C#: Elucidation on some concerns with upcoming new features planned for C# 8
View ArticleC# 8 Concerns - A Followup
.NET,C#: Revisiting the C# 8 Concerns post from two months prior
View ArticleTwo Decades of C#: A Reference - C# 2, 3 and 4
.NET,C#: Summarizing features in C# 2, C# 3 and C# 4.
View ArticleTwo Decades of C#: A Reference - C# 5 and C# 6
.NET,C#: Summarizing features in C# 5 and C# 6.
View ArticleComplete C# Quick Reference - C# 11
.NET,C#: Summarizing features in C# 11, including an in-depth look at ref fields and scoping rules.
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