August 2010
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.Net 4.0 different AppDomain managers for different AppDomains
Whilst looking through the latest documentation for the AppDomainSetup class I see that you can now specify a new AppDomainManager object for each application domain that you create. This removes the duality of the pre 4.0 AppDomainManager … -
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Practical Testing: 27 - Fixing things...
Previously on “Practical Testing”… To deal with some specific usage scenarios of a piece of general purpose code I’m in the process of implementing a timer wheel that matches the interface to the timer queue that I … -
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STL allocators, hmm...
As I mentioned a while ago, I have some code which needs to perform better than it currently does and one of the areas that could be improved upon is the amount of contention for the heap that’s occurring. The fact that I’m … -
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Invasive containers
Rather than immediately dive into the fun of writing my own invasive alternative for std::map I decided to take a look at what has been done before, as expected boost contains something that might work in the shape of the “intrusive … -
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Practical Testing: 28 - Finishing the timer wheel
Previously on “Practical Testing”… I’m writing a timer wheel which matches the interface used by my timer queue. This new implementation is designed for a particular usage scenario with the intention of trading … -
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Useful Visual Studio retirement matrix
Here’s a useful matrix which shows when each version of Visual Studio will become unsupported by Microsoft. I’m posting the link here as I’m sure I’ll not be able to find it the next time I need it… -
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CLR Hosting - A flexible, managed plugin system, part 2
Last time I explained how the managed side of my flexible hosting server architecture was structured. I dealt with the IDL required to generate the COM interfaces which were used to communicate between unmanaged code and managed code and … -
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More thoughts on invasive/intrusive containers and STL allocators
I’m still considering my options with regards to intrusive containers to replace the STL maps that I’m using in my timer queue implementation. I think I may be able to use the boost::intrusive sets in place of a true map in most … -
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DevPartner Studio 10 - unmanaged disappointments
The story so far, I’ve owned DevPartner Studio for several years and been on a support contract the whole time. The support situation went a bit flaky when Compuware sold the product to Micro Focus, I expect that either I’m …
