> Windows NT is riddled with excess abstractions that were never really used primarily because they were there from the start before there was a real plan to us

> Windows NT is riddled with excess abstractions that were never really used primarily because they were there from the start before there was a real plan to use them. It is? Like what? I know there are some abstractions for cpu architecture etc but they've come in handy for x64 and now arm and others in the past. I know the author certainly has some insight into this but I've never really thought of NT as being riddled with excess abstractions.