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Old New Thing, The: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows

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There have been innumerable books, magazine articles, conference sessions, training classes, and online postings on how to program for Windows. There has been very little written, however, which explains the rationale behind why Windows works the way it does. It turns out that some of Windows' odder quirks have perfectly logical reasons behind them. Gaining an understanding of this will help Windows programmers develop better applications with less sweat and frustration. For years Raymond Chen has been explaining the "why" behind Windows in his blog, and explaining it in an engaging and captivating style, which has made him one of the premier bloggers in the technology world. Now Chen distills his years of experience in one book, packed with behind the scenes explanations that will be useful for any Windows programmer. Not only is this book practical, but its style and gentle humor make it a pleasure to read. The author will be promoting it on his blog, in his monthly column in TechNet Magazine, and through his many speaking engagements. Joel Spolsky, one of the most famous of all bloggers, has written a foreword for the book.

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Oct 11, 2022 · rendx on Windows 95 had dedicated code to run Sim City

Most of these stories came in the form of blog posts by Raymond Chen in his blog The Old New Thing. It used to be even more fun to read in its old form and layout, and I am fairly sure not all his posts survived the move to the modern "devblogs" platform. But many of his posts were published as a book by the same name. Highly recommended, and a great gift!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/
https://www.amazon.com/Old-New-Thing-Development-Throughout/...
Fairly widely read also by Joel on this topic: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost... (not the article cited on Twitter; links to Chen's posts sadly broken)

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Jul 12, 2022 · mandeepj on Ask HN: Has anyone here worked on the Windows kernel?

Sharing because it might give you some Windows history at MS
https://www.amazon.com/Old-New-Thing-Development-Throughout/...
Also read - Showstopper

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Sep 06, 2016 · prplhaz4 on How to get people who installed a leaked build to stop using that build?

Apparently there's a book of his anecdotes available for those who'd like to read more...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321440307

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>Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (January 6, 2007)
Although most of the anecdotes are historical, I hope he releases an updated version one day. There's so much computing history contained in his blog.

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May 28, 2014 · scrabble on How Apple Cheats

My understanding is that Raymond Chen ( http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/ ) was a huge part of ensuring that everything was backwards compatible. If you like that kind of thing, he's got a book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Old-New-Thing-Development/dp/03214...

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Amazing. Thanks, I didn't know of him specifically but I do remember seeing his book somewhere.

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