If you are using the STL bitset class with large bitsets that spend most their time in the sparse or mostly populated range, this class may be what you are looking for.
A Compressed Bitset Class
Published 06/24/2004
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Sockets Byte-Ordering Primer
Published 03/22/2004
For those who are new to sockets programming or who've long ago forgotten the idiosyncrasies of byte ordering with sockets (as I had when I needed to know this last year), here's a primer on what byte ordering is, why it's needed, and terms such as little-endian, big-endian, network byte order, and host bye order.
Representing Arrays as Streams of Bits
Published 03/31/2003
Read an array as a stream of bits. You can navigate inside the array of data, set a "pointer" to any bit inside the array, and choose the order the bits of every byte will be processed.
CBitPointer: Easy Bit Manipulation
Published 09/17/2002
Bits can't be accessed directly as a simple data type. Learn how to manipulate bits (nearly) as any simple data type.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
How to Determine Which Office Version is Installed with VB.NET and C#
Published 01/04/2013
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
Building an Azure Queuing Message Pipeline
Published 01/15/2013
A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.
