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> the utterly insane UX around the C++ redistributable It could be worse—it could be Linux, with no forward compatibility. The VC/C++ redistributable means tha
by delta_p_delta_x 9mo ago
> the utterly insane UX around the C++ redistributable
It could be worse—it could be Linux, with no forward compatibility. The VC/C++ redistributable means that applications can be written on modern Windows that targets much older Windows, by simply providing a sidecar installer that brings with it a newer C/C++ standard library. This situation is basically impossible on Linux without messing with Docker.
- whywhywhywhy 9mo ago> means that applications can be written on modern Windows that targets much older Windows What older windows? Everyone consumer (who are all on forced updates) has to deal with this for the benefit of the small minority on older versions of windows which are probably systems you're not installing new software on anyway.