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It seems dumb and it is dumb, but it’s also an important feature of Windows that your terrible app from the 90s can still run today with minor changes generally
by realitythreek 3y ago
It seems dumb and it is dumb, but it’s also an important feature of Windows that your terrible app from the 90s can still run today with minor changes generally. Less so if it’s win16 but anything win32 is good to go.
Also, Linux has a similar philosophy as Linus has eloquently described in the past. [1]
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75
- hulitu 3y ago> It seems dumb and it is dumb, but it’s also an important feature of Windows that your terrible app from the 90s can still run today with minor changes generally. This is a myth which is mostly not true from some time.
- realitythreek 3y agoCan you explain how it’s not true? I’ve personally run software from the 90s. I am not a myth!
- vGPU 3y agoWindows 11 killed NTVDM and 16 bit support.