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by pjmlp 3699 days ago
When were you there?

Since the new "Going native" wave, C++ has taken the role of main systems programming language, even the DDK now supports it.

Regarding office check their CppCon presentation how the code was ported to C++, refactored and made portable across OS. About 2h session.
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Hydraulix989 3698 days ago
"Going native" meant salvaging Vista's low performance by rewriting everything in C++ that was written in .NET -- .NET was the "wave" here, but it's also the culprit for Vista eating memory like cheap sushi.
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pjmlp 3698 days ago
Yet, the replacement of Win32 API model is with everything being written in the original design of .NET, with AOT native compilation and classes being COM objects.

What killed Vista was politics between OSDev and DevTools units.

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