August 2006 - Posts

The && and the & operators
Published 29 August 6 2:27 PM | Ramon Smits
Today a collegue had me flabbergasted by using the & operator in a boolean comparison like the following example. return x & y; Both x and y were booleans and I said "Hey you just forgot an &! A single & is a bitwise operator.". And he...
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Failed for 70-300 exam
Published 18 August 6 4:28 PM | Ramon Smits
I failed for the Microsoft 70-300 examen this afternoon. I am disappointed in the result because I expected to pass. When I saw the score it felt very weird to see I had failed. I really don't have a clue which questions I did wrong.... so it is almost...
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Game studio express and XNA
Published 15 August 6 1:3 PM | Ramon Smits
Yesterday I posted about a news scoop at Ars-Technica referring Game studio express . Microsoft already posted a press bulletin about this at their site ( here ). But I wasn't aware of this. Rob Tillie mentioned in the comments that he doesn't think that...
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Kids programming language becomes game studio express?
Published 14 August 6 10:34 AM | Ramon Smits
I just read an article about a new product at Ars-Technica called Game Studio Express that Microsoft is planning to launch. Microsoft has a product called KPL ( Kids Programming Language ) to easily create nice graphical applications in minutes. It lacks...