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notepad0x90 33 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows API is Successful Cross-Platform API (2024...

It is successful because it succeeded. Not because how it succeeded with right, great or ideal. People in this thread keep confusing these two points.

wewewedxfgdf 33 days ago [–]

I think it is NOT a gigantic success.

It's an OK success.

A gigantic success would mean there's no friction at all running Windows apps on other platforms.

Even with all that development work it is a LONG way from easy to run Windows apps on Linux.

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