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Parallel Programming: Tasks and Continuations

March 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011 03/31/11

Visual CPP Team

Hi, I’m Charles Torre, Sr. Technographer with Channel 9. One of my goals is to make sure C++ has first class status on Channel 9. Make no mistake, the C++ Renaissance will be televised. :) I’ve recently been posting interviews on C9 with some of the VC++ team and a few of the VC++ MVPs like Kate Gregory. Today you'll meet some...

Released: Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1

March 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011 03/31/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

An update to the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (Windows SDK 7.1) is now available. This update addresses the issue where Visual C++ Compilers and libraries that are installed with the Windows SDK are removed when Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 is installed.Please follow this link to download and install the update.Our ...

Troubleshooting Tips for IntelliSense Slowness

March 29, 2011 Mar 29, 2011 03/29/11

Visual CPP Team

Hi, my name is Andy Rich and I’m a QA on the C++ front-end compiler. The IntelliSense system in Visual Studio 2010 comes with far greater power, flexibility, and accuracy, but these improvements come at the cost of greater complexity. The goal of this article is to assist you in troubleshooting this complex system, and give you a peek ...

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 13 (Mar 26, 2011)

March 26, 2011 Mar 26, 2011 03/26/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

Read in this issue: [Herb Sutter] C++0x: We Have Final Draft International Standard! [Parallel Patterns Library] Building Responsive GUI Applications with PPL Tasks [C++ MVP Giovanni Dicanio] Text-to-Speech in C++ [Danny Kalev] Detecting Memory Leaks to Improve Performance [C++ MVP Giovanni Dicanio] Checked Iterators [Windows Development] ...

Visual C++ Most Valuable Professionals (II)

March 24, 2011 Mar 24, 2011 03/24/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

A few days ago we posted a video where C++ MVP Kate Gregory talked about her community distinction, her motivations, thoughts about the role C++ plays in these days of computer programming, etc. Charles Torre, our interviewer in Channel 9, kept talking with other Visual C++ Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). In this second part, you’...

Exception Boundaries: Working With Multiple Error Handling Mechanisms

March 22, 2011 Mar 22, 2011 03/22/11

Visual CPP Team

Greetings! I'm David Blaikie, Software Design Engineer at Microsoft and guest blogger here on VCBlog. I work in the Windows product group, writing test infrastructure tools in C++. One of the luxuries of the codebases I work in is that they are relatively modern and flexible. We use the full gamut of C++0x features implemented in Visual ...

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 12 (Mar 19, 2011)

March 19, 2011 Mar 19, 2011 03/19/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

Read in this issue: [Patterns and Practices] Parallel Programming with MS Visual C++ (online guidance) [CodeProject] 3-D Software Rendering Engine – Part I [Viva64] Lessons on Development of 64-bit Applications [Vlad Lazarenko] C++ Exception Handling and Performance [Channel 9] Kate Gregory on Being a Most Valuable ...

Kate Gregory on Being a Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

March 17, 2011 Mar 17, 2011 03/17/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

The 2011 MVP Global Summit took place a few weeks ago at MS headquarters. MVP stands for most valuable professional, a distinction that Microsoft assign to some prominent community personalities for their passion and dedication in helping the community get the most out of Microsoft technologies. The MVP program has several disciplines, ...

New Book “Parallel Programming with Microsoft Visual C++” now available!

March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11

Visual CPP Team

Hi, my name is Ade Miller and I’m Principal Program Manager with the Microsoft Technical Computing group. Last fall we shipped Parallel Programming for Microsoft .NET and immediately started working on a companion version of the book for C++ programmers. I’m very happy to announce that Parallel Programming with Microsoft Visual C...

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 11 (Mar 12, 2011)

March 12, 2011 Mar 12, 2011 03/12/11

Diego Dagum - MSFT

Read in this issue: [MS Parallel Programming] Sorting in PPL [Visual C++ team] Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 General Availability [John Socha-Leialoha] C++/CLI to C++ Tips and Tricks [Thomas Becker] C++ Rvalue References Explained [Stephan L. Lavavej] Algorithm Optimizations - Advanced STL, Part 2 Scott Meyers: Appearing and Disappearing ...

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