I was alone in the center of a small Chinese town, the weakly glowing streetlights hardly illuminating the streets. The silence was heavy and absolute. It was different from the eternal light and sound of Shenzhen, and the high elevation gave the air an unusual taste. Things were not the same up ...
A Brief History of Windows Programming RevolutionsBy Ron Burk, December 01, 2009Eliminating DLL-Hell — againFirst, there was the Windows API and DLL Hell. Revolution # 1 was DDE — remember how hot links let us create status bars showing the current price of Microsoft stock?About that time, Micros...