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Chapter 2

1. A code point is the position of a symbol in a character set.

Chapter 17

1. Actually, the contents of a file are broken down into sections. The code is in one section, and the global variables are in another. Sections are aligned on page boundaries. An application can determine the page size being used by calling GetSystemInfo. In the .exe or DLL file, the code section usually precedes the data section.

Chapter 23

1. An intrinsic function is a special function recognized by the compiler. The compiler generates the code for the function inline rather than generating code to call the function. For example, memcpy is an intrinsic function (if the /Oi compiler switch is specified). When the compiler sees a call to memcpy, it puts the memcpy code directly into the function that called memcpy instead of generating a call to the memcpy function. This usually has the effect of making your code run faster at the expense of code size.

The intrinsic AbnormalTermination function is different from the intrinsic memcpy function in that it exists only in an intrinsic form. No C run-time library contains the AbnormalTermination function.

Chapter 26

1. This is true even if the two threads are in the same process.
2. The operating system considers a thread to be hung if the thread stops processing messages for more than 5 seconds.