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IE relies on mshtml which relies on COM which is basically, well, core Win32. IE is also the largest OLE container.
by est 15y ago
IE relies on mshtml which relies on COM which is basically, well, core Win32. IE is also the largest OLE container.
- MichaelGG 15y agoBut that was a decision they deliberately took. At one point, IE had versions for UNIX and Mac.
- nknight 15y agoAnd Redis relies on POSIX semantics, which is... er... core POSIX? Microsoft does have a third option, you know. One many of us would love to see happen: real, first-class POSIX support in Windows.