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Be measured – these aren’t the same thing.

• LoadFrom() works through Fusion and can be redirected to another assembly at a dissimilar path but with that same identity if one is already loaded in the LoadFrom context.
• LoadFile() doesn’t bind through Fusion at all – the loader simply operates in front and loads just* what the caller called for. It doesn’t use either the Load or the LoadFrom context.

And so, LoadFrom() unremarkably yields you what you asked for, but not needs. LoadFile() is for those who rattling, very desire precisely what is quested. (*All the same, starting in v2, policy will be applied to both LoadFrom() and LoadFile(), so LoadFile() won’t necessarily be exactly what was requested. Also, starting in v2, if an assembly with its identity is in the GAC, the GAC copy will be used instead. Utilize ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom() to charge just what you desire - but, note that assemblies charged that way can’t be put to death.)

LoadFile() has a catch. Since it doesn’t use a obligating context, its dependencies aren’t mechanically found in its directory. If they aren’t uncommitted in the Load context, you would have to take the AssemblyResolve event in order to bind to them.

Indeed, which one should you employ? That bets on which holding context is justly for you and whether it counts that the LoadFrom context may airt the bind. Regarding the latter: Read the rest of this entry »

One of
the suggestions for a blog entry was the carryed off memory model.  This is seasonable, because we’ve barely been
retooling our overall approach to this confounding topic.  For the most part, I write on product
decisions that have already been produced and embarked.  In this note, I’m discoursing succeeding
directions.  Be
doubting.

 

Indeed what
is a memory model?  It’s the
abstraction that reachs the reality of today’s alien hardware comprehendible to
software developers.

 

The
reality of hardware is that CPUs are renaming registers, doing bad
and out-of-order execution, and geting up the world during retirement.  Memory state is cached at assorted levels
in the system (L0 thru L3 on mod X86 boxes, presumptively with more levels on
the way).  Some levels of cache are
shared between especial CPUs but not others.  For example, L0 is typically per-CPU but
a hyper-wandered CPU may partake in L0
between the coherent CPUs of a single forcible CPU.  Or an 8-way box may parted the system into two
hemispheres with cache controllers doing an elaborated coherency protocol
between these freestanding hemispheres. 
If you count hoarding effects, at some level all MP (multi-processor)
computers are NUMA (non-unvarying memory access).  But there’s enough magic proceeding that
yet a Unisys 32-way can mostly be counted as UMA by
developers.

Read the rest of this entry »

Also see: Silverlight 2 DataGrid walk-through posted

I don’t know if Leanord Shapiro is a blogger or whether his work appears in the Washington Post on a regular basis.
What I do know is that this post about Mixed Martial Arts and CBS is absolutely ridiculous and worthless.

Nor do I have any idea what “ Special to washingtonpost.com” means. Does it mean that this is exclusive to the newspaper’s website ? My guess is that in this case it actually describes Mr Shapiro’s reduced faculties and no one wants to use a pejorative adjective. Hence the use of the word “special”.

What I do know is that Mr Shapiro is hopelessly out of touch, and unquestionably uneducated about Mixed Martial Arts and the athletes that participate when he says “You put two guys (usually heavily tattooed) in a ring enclosed by a cage, surrounded by a howling mob, and just watch the blood flow as they pummel themselves into submission, or occasionally break a bone or three. That’s entertainment?”

The he shows his sexist side with ” Oh yes, women will also fight it out on CBS, yet another revolting development.”

Then to show how little mis-informed he is ” Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is getting involved, promoting MMA matches and also airing them on his HDNet channel on DirecTV. For that alone David Stern ought to fine and suspend him. He probably yells at those refs, too “.

Hey Leanord, HDNet is on every smart cable and satellite provider reaching more than 66mm homes. But if you get us on DirecTV, thats great. Maybe yo Read the rest of this entry »

Also see: Big in Japan

Also see: Hello world!

Also see: Exception Handling in Running a Business

I just noticed that the good folks at Pixel8 posted a podcast I did with them a while back.  It was a fun conversation about a bit of.NET history as well as where we are going. 

Landing Page   Download show

I’d love the hear what you think!

http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2008/03/15/brad-abrams-pixel8-interview-podcast-posted.aspx

My original posts on Finalization and Hosting had some hokey XXXXX markers in place of content, where that content hadn’t already been disclosed in some form.  Now that the Visual Studio 2005 Community Preview is available, I’ve gone back to those two posts and replaced the XXXXX markers with real text.

Also, it’s obviously been a while since my last post.  I started writing something this weekend, but the weather here has been spectacular and I was compelled to go outside and play.  I’ll try to have something in the next couple of weeks.

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/cbrumme/archive/2004/04/26/120609.aspx