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VOTEMultidimensional Separation of Concerns, or Matrix Inheritance
Barry Kelly
I just spotted a paper that I didn’t know existed before. Abstract: Done well, separation of concerns can provide many software engineering benefits, including reduced complexity, improved reusability, and simpler evolution. The choice of boundaries… … Read more
14 years ago
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One-liner RAII in Delphi
Barry Kelly
Some C++ aficionados point at the ability, in C++, to create an object such that the creation allocates some kind of resource, and the destruction frees the resource, with much glee. The idiom is RAII:… … Read more
14 years ago in anonymous methods, Delphi, RAII
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Using anonymous methods in method pointers
Barry Kelly
Anonymous methods may have associated state. In particular, all variables that an anonymous method captures need to be kept alive so long as the anonymous method is callable. For this reason, anonymous methods are implemented… … Read more
14 years ago
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Delphi 2010 RTTI Contexts: how they work, and a usage note
Barry Kelly
Delphi 2010 includes extended support for RTTI, also known as run-time type info or reflection. Many design approaches that have previously only been possible with managed languages like C# and Java because of the code… … Read more
14 years ago
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Playing DVDs in Windows 7
Barry Kelly
Oh, how I pine for the blissful days of Windows XP, when menus were still in fashion, the start menu didn’t contain a tree view, applications didn’t require a half-dozen clicks to launch (to expand… … Read more
14 years ago
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Commonly Confused Tidbits re .NET Garbage Collector
Barry Kelly
I recently read a less than informed blog post purporting to describe the .NET garbage collector, but when pressed to point to a better one, I couldn’t find a single concise article that covered everything… … Read more
14 years ago in CLR, GC
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On the Difficulty of setting the Windows 7 Desktop Wallpaper
Barry Kelly
You need to be a software engineer to precisely and correctly set the Windows background in Windows 7. I have a multi-monitor setup, and I use a very particular method for laying out windows on… … Read more
14 years ago
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Bad week
Barry Kelly
It’s been a bad week. My main hard drive crashed last Monday or so, while today my scooter is gone, presumed stolen. On the bright side, the final component of my new PC arrived and… … Read more
14 years ago
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Public interest rule of thumb
Barry Kelly
TechCrunch is having a crisis of conscience over what they’ll do with internal Twitter documents they’ve received. My rule of thumb is pretty simple. The documents are stolen. Unless the documents reveal wrongdoing greater than… … Read more
15 years ago
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StackOverflow and religious language in programming
Barry Kelly
I was reading Why I Don’t Listen to the StackOverflow Podcast any More, and in reading the comments, I found it interesting to see the amount of religious language. #21 (sbohlen) I’d have to agree… … Read more
15 years ago
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