Re: [Dev-C++] newbie haze!?

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

I didn't say they would have an easy task killing it.

I just wrote that they are _trying_ :)

If all existing Win32 applications suddenly have to be emulated, a lot of
users will notice that they may just as well emulate it on Linux/Wine...

/Per W

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, seb_kramm wrote:

> Per Westermark a =E9crit :
> > By the way, M$ is trying to kill the old Win32 API.
>
> Mmmh, I would'nt be so sure about that.
>
> Look what happened with the so-called "Dos Box". Started as command.com, =
moved up to
> cmd.exe with NT4, and I'm using it daily as a native scripting language o=
n a XP
> machine. Why ? Just because many people are used to it, and that it doesn=
't cost
> anything to let it survive. (Not to say that many administrative tasks re=
quire some
> cmd.exe commands)
> I hav'nt had a Vista machine, but I think I read somewhere that cmd.exe w=
as still there.
>
> IMHO, it'll be the same with the "good'ol" win32 api. So many application=
s rely on
> it, and can be easily rebuild from source with a couple of mods, I don't =
think MS
> will break it so sharply.
> And was Vista written from scratch ? It probably relies also on some win3=
2 api code,
> or else, I got things wrong about MS...
>
> > Look into writing applications using a portable framework instead, such=
 as
> > wxWidgets.
>
> Anyhow, good advice, I agree !
>
>
>
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