[xattt]

> It was never removed because Classic MacOS itself was never fully native.

Are there any current OSes that have the same level of historical cruft that Mac OS Classic had?

[scarface74]

Windows.

Depending on which API you are calling, you have to represent a “string” differently. This is just one example

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/text/how-to-convert-be...

[GeekyBear]

There are still dialog boxes that date back to Windows 3.1 that show up in Windows 10 and 11.