Myth: Keeping a reference to an object in a variable prevents the finalizer from running while the variable is alive; a local variable is always alive at least until control leaves the block in which the local was declared.
When everything you know is wrong, part oneFinalizers are interesting and dangerous because they are an environment in which everything you know is wrong. I’ve written a lot about the perils of C# finalizers / destructors (either name is fine) over the years, but it’s scattered in little bits over the internet.
Behavioral Design PatternsIt is concerned with assignment of responsibilities between the objects. What makes them different from structural patterns is they don't just specify the structure but also outline the patterns for message passing/communication between them.
How do .NET delegates work?Delegates are a fundamental part of the .NET runtime and whilst you rarely create them directly, they are there under-the-hood every time you use a lambda in LINQ (=>) or a Func<T>/Action<T> to make your code more functional.
The 68 things the CLR does before executing a single line of your code (*)Because the CLR is a managed environment there are several components within the runtime that need to be initialised before any of your code can be executed. This post will take a look at the EE (Execution Engine) start-up routine and examine the initialisation process in detail.
Four Column ASCIII found this gem on Hacker News the other day. User soneil posted to a four column version of the ASCII table that blew my mind. I just wanted to repost this here so it is easier to discover.
RFC 6143 The Remote Framebuffer Protocol March 2011Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Richardson Request for Comments: 6143 J. Levine Category: Informational RealVNC Ltd.
Coding Explained in 25 Profound Comics — Free Code Camp — MediumWe asked our open source community to share the comics they found most profoundly described coding, via our news site. Here are their 25 most upvoted comics. We can’t help you learn to code in 21 days, but if you can budget a year of nights and weekends, give us a try: freecodecamp.com.
Efficient game updatesA little while ago, I wrote an article on things that can go wrong when downloading, it listed a series of reasons, from network problems to invalid content to imperfect hardware that may occur when initially installing a game.
3 Security Headers That Every Site Should HaveClickjacking, XSS and CSRF, exploits that have been around for 15+ years now and still form the basis for many vulnerabilities on the web today.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.