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As the other response mentions, a lot of the win32 stuff predates C++11/0x. Also, a lot of the win32 stuff are C API's by design, not C++. If your question was
by munchbunny 7y ago
As the other response mentions, a lot of the win32 stuff predates C++11/0x. Also, a lot of the win32 stuff are C API's by design, not C++.
If your question was "why wasn't a C++ wrapper released sooner?" I think the answer is ".NET". If your question was "why didn't the API's have C++ semantics?" I think the answer is "because a lot of it is C, not C++."