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I doubt they will ever truely deprecate win32. Too many old applications that will never get updated to UWP but that people are still using, there will be too
by earenndil 9y ago
I doubt they will ever truely deprecate win32. Too many old applications that will never get updated to UWP but that people are still using, there will be too much backlash.
- pjmlp 9y agoYou cannot use Win16 any longer on 64bit systems. It might take yet another decade, but it will eventually happen.
- jenscow 9y agoBut 32-bit was an improvement, and something that developers actually desired.
- pjmlp 9y agoMany Windows developers that prefer .NET and C++ to crusty Win32, and the improved security thanks sandbox, also see UWP as an improvement.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoUWP is a massive improvement, as it puts applications in secure sandboxes, a strategy that basically every other platform is already doing. Sure, Microsoft faces an uphill battle since backwards compatibility is the name of their game, and few consumer-facing OSes today have a continuous platform going back over two decades. But UWP is definitely better.