Tricky Bits
These posts are somewhat related to better understating and developing software on Windows
Windows has never claimed to be a real time operating system but in reality its not even a timely operating system.
Rob Wyatt
Programmers have always needed reliable timestamps and programming on Windows is no different. But getting accurate timestamps efficiently from user mode, a seemingly simple task that every operating system supports, seems to have at best made Microsoft jump through hoops for 30 years, and at worst eluded them completely.
Rob Wyatt