I started working on the next major version of Sharp3D.Math (2.0) using version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

The benchmark measured the time (in seconds) of 1,000,000 random matrix multiply operations on the different matrix implementations.
The test used the latest Sharp3D.Math build (compiled using VS2003), DirectX october update and VS2005 beta 1.

I’ve started doing tests on the use of generics (introduced in the new .NET framework 2.0) for the next versio of Sharp3D.Math.

The PowerCollections project is a community project sponcered by wintellect to develop a collection classes library for .NET 2.0.

I’ve been playing with .NET generics trying to find a way to convert the current Sharp3D.Math structures to be generic templates.

Just got an answer for a problem reported on this entry.

The product team looked at the issue and the problem is as follows

The DirectX 9.0 SDK – (October 2004) contains the FINAL release of the DirectX 9.0c Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX 9.0 compliant applications in C/C++, and C#.

A serious vulnerability issue that affects ASP.NET was recently discovered.

There’s a bug in ASP.NET’s canonicalization process which can allow an attacker to slip past the UrlAuthorizationModule by using a backslash instead of a forword slash.

Jacco Bikker started a new tutorials series at flipcode.org.
Check it out:

• Raytracing Topics & Techniques Part 1: Introduction
• Raytracing Topics & Techniques Part 2: Phong, Mirrors and Shadows
• Raytracing Topics & Techniques Part 3: Refractions and Beer’s Law
• Raytracing Topics & Techniques Part 4: Spatial Subdivision

Here’s what the MSDN entry about validation (https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/aspplusvalid.asp) has to say:

“Validation code is not particularly sexy to write.“