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Interesting how they started to do the same as Microsoft did back then - use the API from every language that matters and what Microsoft wanted to matter more.
by szundi 3y ago
Interesting how they started to do the same as Microsoft did back then - use the API from every language that matters and what Microsoft wanted to matter more.
- pjmlp 3y agoUnfortunately it didn't work that well on Microsoft side, due to the politics between DevDiv (.NET, VS, Azure) and WinDev (C++, Windows, XBox). That is how you end with COM stuff, C++ only SDKs, and .NET dev community having to implementing bindings ourselves.
- valty 3y agoThe Windows development ecosystem is such a mess. It's amazing how Apple never toyed with any managed runtimes this whole time.
- pjmlp 3y agoObjective-C and Swift are managed languages, hence their language runtimes. Being ahead of time compiled doesn't mean a language isn't managed. Rather automatic resources management, reflection, infrastructure for dynamic loading of plugins,...