Archive for 27th December 2004

Windows Journal Reader Supplemental Component

December 27, 2004, 2:32 pm

Journal Reader Component for Tablet PC SDK 1.7  via [Microsoft Download Center]

Note that the documentation contains samples that read ” Dim jntReader As New Microsoft.Ink.JournalReader()” and similar. In fact, you can’t construct a JournalReader object, you’ll use the static (shared in VB.NET) method ReadFromStream() to generate the stream. The results are pretty cool, as shown in this screen clipping: the text box contents are in RTF, and you get both the recognition string and alternates on the ink.

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COmega and Concurrency: The Next Important Thing

December 27, 2004, 2:28 pm

Because CPU speeds have topped off recently even though I/O speeds continue to increase, Herb Sutter posits that the Moore’s Law free performance lunch is over via [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]

Concurrency is at the stage that memory management was about a decade ago – popularly believed to be intractable at a pragmatic level, but in fact, something where relatively simple language extensions can provide a great deal of relief. COmega’s chords may be a taste of what is to come.

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