On the flip side, this is what makes Windows generally very good at backwards compatibility.
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Eiri@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My god, the amount of legacy crap in Windows.
They ought to just start over at some point.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Eiri@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that makes sense. If it’s starting to bite them in the butt, though, maybe they should start relegating that stuff to emulation, if they can write a good enough emulator.
I don’t know when. Maybe it’s already gone by, maybe it’s in the future. But there’s probably a point in time when all of that backward compatibility stops being worth it.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Isn’t that what wine is ?
Eiri@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t understand
smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Wine (wine is not (an) emulator) is a reimplementation of the windows api set. It’s literally starting windows again from scratch.
Eiri@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh I see. Well if it has exactly the same API, if that API also has weird legacy stuff built in that hinder developers, then maybe not, but overall that does sound very similar, yes!
And009@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Is that a real concern?
Eiri@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
While I haven’t diven into their codebase, that kind of thing tends to severely limit what developers can do to improve the product, slow them down, etc.
Be it new features, deeper UX improvements, performance optimizations… Basically anything you want to do with your progress, generally speaking, it’s going to get harder the more legacy stuff you need to deal with.
bfg9k@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We need Windows NNT - New New Technology
fnrir@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How about Windows NEW ALL (in reference to Tantacrul)?
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
New all, everybody!