Windows 11 still runs on code from the 1990s, Microsoft admits

Windows 11 is the most modern, secure, and updated Windows ever—at least that’s what Microsoft keeps saying. But a senior ...
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Microsoft admits Windows 11 is still built on 90s-era Win32, and no one saw it coming

Microsoft admits it didn't expect Win32 to survive until 2026. After years of RAM-heavy web apps, Windows 11 is going back to ...
Ars Technica

Learning Windows API programming.

It's a good book. Parts of it are really drawn out and boring, though. Once I was comfortable with using the Win32 API, I stopped reading the book and just looked up things on MSDN or in that book to ...
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Microsoft CTO admits 1990s Win32 code still underpins Windows 11

Legacy code revealed: Microsoft's CTO confirmed Windows 11 still depends on Win32, a 30-year-old API from the Windows 95 era. Compatibility over change: Attempts to replace Win32 failed due to the ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Rust for Windows just got another update

Microsoft has announced the latest version of its Rust for Windows project, version 0.9. Rust for Windows is a language projection for Windows, and lets developers use any Windows API via the windows ...