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by losingom 1753 days ago
>It is built on top of XP.css, which is an extension of 98.CSS.

Just like Windows itself. Even Windows 11, despite the new coat of paint, still has code from -at least- the Windows 3.1 days.

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I wonder if that's really the case: is there really any windows 3.1 16-bit code running in Windows 11 ?
I believe Windows 11 will be 64bit only, so I guess that means no more NTVDM and no more win16 support. In that case, there won't be any windows 3.1 16-bit code left over. On the other hand, win32 was designed to be mostly source-code-compatible with win16, and I'm sure you'll find elements that have been given a minimal win32 porting effort, while a "git blame" equivalent would probably trace back to windows 3.1 still.

On the other hand, 32bit Windows 10 is still going strong and there are probably plenty of windows 3.1 (and windows 3.0) applications that would still run there.

In a way, yes... see this article : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27556754