Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

sanitation@lemmy.radio · 5 days ago

Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

Klear@quokk.au · 4 days ago

Some code responsible for flickering light that was originally a part of the Quake engine has been kept as the engine evolved through GoldSrc to the modern version of Source engine. All these games have lights that flicker in exactly the same rhythm.