Just curious here: is it possible to invoke a Windows Blue Screen of Death using .net managed code under Windows XP/Vista? And if it is possible, what could the example code be? Just for the recor...

I learned windows programming using Visual C++, and the Win32 API. Nowadays, it seems most apps are being developed in .NET using C#. I understand that most of the time there isn't much performance...

I've been writing C / C++ code for almost twenty years, and I know Perl, Python, PHP, and some Java as well, and I'm teaching myself JavaScript. But I've never done any .NET, VB, or C# stuff. What ...

Why can't a compiler be written that manages what needs to be managed in C++ code (i.e. to make it "CLR compatible")? Maybe with some compromise, like prohibiting void pointers in some situations ...

In my experience, .NET is 2 to 3 times slower than native code. (I implemented L-BFGS for multivariate optimization). I have traced the ads on stackoverflow to http://www.centerspace.net/products/ ...

In C, when compiled to a x86 machine, I would usually replace branches with logical expression, when speed is the most important aspect, even if the conditions are complex, for example, instead of ...

I composed .Net 3.5 dll with single method, which is to be called by Delphi .exe. Unfortunately it does not work. The steps: 1. Create C# 3.5 dll with the code: public class MyDllClass { public ...

I've been thinking if there's a way how to speed up freeing memory in .NET. I'm creating a game in .NET (only managed code) where no significant graphics is needed but still I would like to write i...

WPF applications are, at its core, managed applications? Right? So, I have to choose between using managed C++ or managed C#. I experimented with managed C++ years ago. It seemed to be not quite be...

My whole application (which is rather big, with a 20MB executable) is written in unmanaged C++. Because I can clearly see the advantages in using managed code, I want to start introducing managed c...

I am wondering why the .NET framework does not provide any managed methods for working with USB drivers. From everything I have read you still have to call into Windows API's and use marshall...

Q1) Why is C# initially compiled to IL and then at runtime JIT complied and run on top of a virtual machine(?). Or is it JIT complied to native machine code? Q2) If the second is true (JIT compli...