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sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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 · 3 days ago
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    ARM was based on 1975’s MOS 6502, star of the NES, Apple ][ and Atari 2600.

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      And c64 :')

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        …and PET…

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      It kind of annoys me that ARM is a second order abbreviation. IDK why.

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        Surely there’s an acronym where the A stands for ARM, which would be sure to annoy you even more.

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