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Sunday, 7. February 2010
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The ABA problem
The Delphi Geek
– I have discovered a truly remarkable solution which this margin is too small to contain. Jokes aside, I’m running the stress test suite now and the results look good. The queue is even faster than before. If the test survives 12 hours, I’ll check the code into the SVN. (And then I’ll write the ...
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I found TButton!!!
The Hacker's Corner
– TButton with a bonus Backstage Pass - Buy It Now! RAD enough for Delphi? Buy It Now! Can you tell I'm testing if someone will hit the Buy It Now? ;)Share This | Email this page to a friend
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What is new in SimpleStorage
From Zero To One
– As you probably know by now (or not) SimpleStorage is a set of interfaces to ease the manipulation of XML documents. It is based on OmniXML, a wonderful Delphi XML parser. Simple Storage aims to treat XML as a practical data storage and means of data serialization and transportation. I have written ...
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Releasing queue memory without the MREW lock
The Delphi Geek
– I know how to implement a no-wait release in my dynamic queue if somehow the ABA problem gets solved. (I also had some ideas on how to solve the ABA problem if the head pointer never catches the tail one. But that’s still very much in the design phase.) Each block gets a header element (with a ...
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Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #143
Nick Hodges
– The Haitian Relief Auctions are going like gangbusters. We even made the Santa Cruz Sentinel! (Way to go, Anders! And hey, I even got my name in the papers!) Many of the items end on Sunday evening here on the US west coast, so you only have ...
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Signed books, mouse, stickers, and more
The Hacker's Corner
– I just added two signed books, Xavier Pacheco's and Steve Teixeira's "Delphi 2 Developer's Guide" (my copy) and Danny Thorpe's "Delphi Component Design" (Steve Trefethen's copy). Both books were signed by the authors. I also added two floppy disk sets - Delphi 1, and BP7, David I's leather jacket ...
