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Quote: For starters, C# under .NET is a garbage collected memory pig.
That is one of several reasons why I have nothing what so ever to do with it.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I don't mind it because all that memory use buys me things, and I have more RAM than sense on a modern desktop anyway.
Still, it is a little off putting at first.
There are some great ideas in there though, like the way you can pass calls around to execute on other threads instead of having to do synchronization through read/write barriers.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I did something similar just the other day in C++. At least, it seems to fit that description. Regardless, yes, there are some interesting things in there.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
modified 26-Feb-21 13:24pm.
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honey the codewitch wrote: How did this happen? When did this happen? I'm thrilled!
Easy, C# based on it.
Where is malloc in this code btw?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I don't use malloc or new directly in any of that synchronization context code. I use xRingBuffer methods which use malloc on creation based on my digging.
why do you ask?
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honey the codewitch wrote: why do you ask?
Because that's the major difference.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Honestly, I don't know what it is you're on about.
The difference between malloc and new?
Neither of those Message structures that I listed have anything to do with memory management - malloc, new or otherwise.
As far as I can tell, you took two words in my comment (the allergy remark) and started a whole cryptic subthread about them to the point where I wish I simply had not used the terms. The whole thing is just... what? 
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honey the codewitch wrote: Honestly, I don't know what it is you're on about.
The difference between malloc and new?
One is under management, the other isn't.
honey the codewitch wrote: Neither of those Messagestructures that I listed have anything to do with memory management - malloc, new or otherwise.
Sure, no unboxing there. No memory management involved in your example-code. It pure as C.
honey the codewitch wrote: As far as I can tell, you took two words in my comment (the allergy remark)
Re read it, and can't find the remark.
honey the codewitch wrote: started a whole cryptic subthread about them to the point where I wish I simply had not used the terms. The whole thing is just... what? 
So what terms would you prefer?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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SENNET?
A call on a cornet signalling the ceremonial entrance or exit of an actor in Shakespearean theatre
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Nope
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Hmmm,
I can't seem to solve this one! I have to leave in a few minutes so I will leave some notes as they might be useful to someone else.
1.) Cornet is a synonym for a cone (specifically a 2D plane that has been folded into the shape of a funnel) which could indicate that this is the second cone shaped clue[^] this week. Or it could just be a coincidence. 
2.) 'dramatically' is frequently used as an anagram indicator.
3.) Cornet is also a synonym for lieutenant.
I couldn't solve it but I probably wasted too much time chasing cones.
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I stopped thinking about it. Cornet=horn? Cornet blown=alarum, blared, tattoo, tooted? Or is blown an anagram indicator? Is shift the definition or an indicator for moving letters from the front to the back or vice versa? Too many possible parses.
I didn't know about the lieutenant thing, which could then be ensign, but that doesn't fit either.
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Why did you post the solution so early? It's supposed to have four hours ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I thought it was 1 o clock ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No, it's four hours, but it's supposed to be posted at around 09:00.
I found retcon as an anagram, but I assumed it was an acronym not a "real word" 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Correct. It's an acronym and not a real word, even if those twits at Merriam-Webster promoted it to such. 
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I keep waiting for all of the search engines to start using Wiktionary[^] by default. It's a very good dictionary with no advertisements.
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I agree -
We live in a political world
Where love don't have any place
Were living in times where men commit crimes
And crime don't have a face
We live in a political world
Icicles hangin' down
Wedding bells ring and angels sing
And clouds cover up the ground
We live in a political world
Wisdom is thrown into jail
It rots in a cell misguided as hell
Leaving no one to pick up the trail
We live in a political world
Where mercy walks the plank
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Up the steps into the nearest bank
We live in a political world
Courage is a thing of the past
The houses are haunted, children aren't wanted
Your next day could be your last
Edit
Sorry it's Friday night in Addlestone
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"Political ends as sad remains will die." --Jon Anderson
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Silence and Solitude these are the precious things and the only words worth remembering
Townes Van Zandt RIP
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Great song, great album. I've always been partial to this verse.
Quote: We live in a political world
Under the microscope
You can travel anywhere and hang yourself there
You always got more than enough rope
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Bob Dylan
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yes, I'm aware, one of my favorite artists. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Rondò Veneziano - Zodiaco[^]
This is an old favorite of mine.
In last week's SOTW, I mentioned that it reminded me of Rondò Veneziano and so I got this stuck in my head.
Rondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, basically playing modern baroque music.
They play music like Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven, but with rock music rhythms and synths.
Apparently, they're still active, but haven't released anything since 2010.
This song's particularly upbeat, which always makes me happy.
I used to listen to this one when doing my newspaper round at 05:00 in the morning, so it makes me a bit sleepy as well
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