sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down15
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squaretruthfultemporarily@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92arrow-down3·2 days agoSeems like good code then? Old code is stable and bug free and we should keep using the boring stuff as long as possible.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days 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.
Seems like good code then? Old code is stable and bug free and we should keep using the boring stuff as long as possible.
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.