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by evdevreed 1137 days ago
Not that it's any relief, but this is also the case with Windows too. MS often introduces breaking changes in the Windows API and rarely adds/updates examples.

Unfortunately, it's the norm in most massive closed source ecosystems like these.

On the one hand, it makes being a developer on these platforms pretty painful at times, and on the other hand, it also increases the value in having expertise with them.
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vardump 1137 days ago
"MS often introduces breaking changes in the Windows API"

Can you give an example? I have also plenty of Windows development experience, but can't think of anything. More like, Microsoft seems to be pretty careful making sure APIs don't break.

NTAPI doesn't count, because it's undocumented in the first place and you're not supposed to use it in the userland at all. Yeah, we all do, but...

(Many APIs are pretty bad in the first place, but that's another matter.)

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account42 1136 days ago
> NTAPI doesn't count, because it's undocumented in the first place and you're not supposed to use it in the userland at all. Yeah, we all do, but...

In the context of developing something like Wine that is irrelevant - you need to deal with what people use.

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