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sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

www.tomshardware.com

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Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

www.tomshardware.com

sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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Instead of 'flying cars and moon stations' in 2026, we still have Windows 11 using '90s code, admits Mark Russinovich.
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    11 hours ago

    And tell me again exactly what the difference is between a protocol and an api, when both are using software that has not been changed for decades? Just curious.

    Besides that, TCP/IP is the worst thing ever for a large network and it only gets worse by the day.

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      7 hours ago

      thatsbait.meme

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Besides that, TCP/IP is the worst thing ever for a large network and it only gets worse by the day.

      yet you use it every fucking moment, including to post this message.

      wow. damn bro. go back to NetBEUI if you’re so fucking l33t.

      • حمید پیام عباسی@crazypeople.online
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        If I’m going back I’m choosing OSI kthx

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          4 hours ago

          OSI

          my brother in layer 3

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        jfc look in a mirror dumbass. Who gets this angry over internet protocols and then calls the other party fucking l33t?

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          lol you’re the genius who decided to talk shit about things they obviously do not understand.

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            Yes I refered to myself as the other party and have a different username. Doublely dumbass.

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              oh whoops, I got my assholes confused!

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                Can’t be easy with your head up your own.

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                  6 hours ago

                  yet there are so many around who keep farting their mouths off.

                  gotta to block them one at a time I guess.

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                    You’re too fucking l33t for me buddy.

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