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IIRC there were three different kinds of handles, the documentation was a crock, the api did minimal checking, it was horrible. Fast maybe, but delphi succeede
by tempguy9999 7y ago
IIRC there were three different kinds of handles, the documentation was a crock, the api did minimal checking, it was horrible. Fast maybe, but delphi succeeded so well because it hid all the awfulness. MS just didn't get it for years.
- c-smile 7y agoYes, there are problems but if to compare with others... Windows is so popular just because of stability and completeness of its API. And that is non-disputable I think. Quite few simple and flexible abstractions (handles, WndProc, messages, etc).