Research based on the .NET Runtime
Over the last few years, I’ve come across more and more research papers based, in some way, on the ‘Common Language Runtime’ (CLR). So armed Read More
Author: Matt Warren
"Stubs" in the .NET Runtime
As the saying goes: “All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection” – David Wheeler and it certainly seems like Read More
ASCII Art in .NET Code
Who doesn’t like a nice bit of ‘ASCII Art’? I know I certainly do! To see what Matt’s CLR was all about you can watch Read More
Is C# a low-level language?
I’m a massive fan of everything Fabien Sanglard does, I love his blog and I’ve read both his books cover-to-cover (for more info on his Read More
"Stack Walking" in the .NET Runtime
What is ‘stack walking’, well as always the ‘Book of the Runtime’ (BotR) helps us, from the relevant page: The CLR makes heavy use of Read More
Exploring the .NET Core Runtime (in which I set myself a challenge)
It seems like this time of year anyone with a blog is doing some sort of ‘advent calendar’, i.e. 24 posts leading up to Christmas. Read More
Open Source .NET – 4 years later
A little over 4 years ago Microsoft announced that they were open sourcing large parts of the .NET framework and as this slide from New Read More
A History of .NET Runtimes
Recently I was fortunate enough to chat with Chris Bacon who wrote DotNetAnywhere (an alternative .NET Runtime) and I quipped with him: .. you’re probably Read More
Fuzzing the .NET JIT Compiler
I recently came across the excellent ‘Fuzzlyn’ project, created as part of the ‘Language-Based Security’ course at Aarhus University. As per the project description Fuzzlyn Read More
Monitoring and Observability in the .NET Runtime
.NET is a managed runtime, which means that it provides high-level features that ‘manage’ your program for you, from Introduction to the Common Language Runtime Read More