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by microtonal 4504 days ago
1994 you: Considering the fact that these are the de-facto UI languages for the World's most widely deployed platform (Windows), do you think that the Win16 API is anywhere anytime soon?
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hackNightly 4504 days ago
While I see your point, you're comparing a closed-source proprietary platform to the web. Apples to oranges if you ask me
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Crito 4504 days ago
Even if Windows had been using X11/Tk or whatever back then, it wouldn't have made a difference.
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