sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoMicrosoft 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1167
arrow-up1167external-linkMicrosoft 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.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoIt seems more likely to me that any bugs present in that code just became features that old software relied upon over time, so they can’t change anything without breaking backward compatibility. So I guess, in a sense, it’s bug-free.
It seems more likely to me that any bugs present in that code just became features that old software relied upon over time, so they can’t change anything without breaking backward compatibility.
So I guess, in a sense, it’s bug-free.