Tag Archives: linking

Compiler bug? Linker bug? Windows Kernel bug.

Posted on February 25, 2018 by brucedawson

See the end of the post for an October 2018 bug fix update, or read the whole story: Flaky failures are the worst. In this particular investigation, which spanned twenty months, we suspected hardware failure, compiler bugs, linker bugs, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Debugging, Investigative Reporting, Programming | Tagged , , , | 57 Comments

Delete an inline function, save 794 kB

Posted on January 22, 2017 by brucedawson

In the previous episode of “Simple Changes to Shrink Chrome” I discussed how deleting ‘const’ from a few key locations could lead to dramatic size savings, due to a VC++ compiler quirk. In this episode I’ll show how deleting an … Continue reading →

Posted in Performance, Programming, Visual Studio | Tagged , , | 13 Comments

Programming is Puzzles

Posted on July 27, 2015 by brucedawson

When I’m describing what I do for a living to non-programmers I sometimes say that I solve puzzles. I solve fascinating puzzles that are different every day, and there’s no answer key, and very often nobody else knows the solution. … Continue reading →

Posted in Investigative Reporting, Performance, Programming, Visual Studio | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments