Monday 27th February, 2006

27
Feb

iPod rebrand — by Microsoft?

Here’s a good one. It attempts to answer the question: what would happen if Microsoft designed the iPod packaging?

(Update: corrected broken link)

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Posted at 23:00 in Miscellany
27
Feb

Why doesn’t C# have a synchronized keyword?

In Java you can mark a class method as a critical section, i.e. it will only be executed by one thread at a time, by using the synchronized keyword:

synchronized void myMethod()
{
  doSomething();
}

In C# you have to type in this ghastly (and rather obscure) mouthful:

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
void MyMethod()
{
    DoSomething();
}

Why can’t we have a synchronized keyword in C# for this like in Java?

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Posted at 17:40 in ASP.NET